All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together.

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas.

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time.

Writing is all about self-editing; it's all about being present being aware of what's happening

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didnt have time.

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time.