I have always been attracted to the bleaker aspects of life. I love drama.

Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.

I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.

The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I'm there and bring it back with me.

I get all dressed up with that Marianne Faithfull face, and the next thing I know, I'm blurting out things that I shouldn't, trying to get attention when, really, I've got everybody's attention already.

Feminism is the best thing to come out of the '60's.

Working with David Bowie was very interesting, but I couldn't surrender to it. I should have let him produce a record for me, but I'm very perverse in some ways. He's brilliant, but the entourage were rather daunting.