The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

I have a reputation for being cold and aloof, but I'm so not that woman. I'm passionate. I love my girls, being with my girlfriends, getting involved with issues that affect other women and children who are suffering.

Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.

I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.

I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.