It’s hard to accept yourself as someone you don’t desire / As someone you don’t want to be.

I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.

I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.

I find it dull when my heart meets my mind

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.

The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.

I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.