I think I'll feel out of place wherever I go on earth, forever. But that's fine. I have to make my peace with that.

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

One woman I interviewed, Amanda Ghost, said, "Let's not bullshit, there are no women at the top of the music business, and that is a serious problem." And I said, "Yes!" And I didn't shy away from saying that. But I still don't want to be in the firing line. I'm not clever or witty or brave enough to get into the political nitty-gritty with it.

When a song wants to be written, it will be written.

I don't have much to complain about in life, because I've lived a very privileged existence and continue to. I just think, What if I didn't have that confidence or strength of character, and I was left with certain perceptions of what a woman's place is in the world?

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.

Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.