Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted to hear.

Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, "I will never let that happen to you."

Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.

I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.

Gender relations are a sad story of men talking trash about women all over the world.

There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.

In the present political situation, it's an interesting phenomenon to look at: what is the appeal of an autocratic leader? Why do people want somebody who yells at them? For most of us, that's so hard to understand. Who wants that? I think there are a lot of people for whom that fulfills some kind of need.