I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.

Here am I. I'm 38. My career's probably never been better. And I've made a decision which may or may not impact on it - I refuse to hide my experience and my age, as if it's something I should be ashamed of. I'm alive. I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.

I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun.

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually.

One day I realized that it didn't matter whether people loved me or not.

A lot of my friends are artists or musicians or single parent families and I'm totally aware of how difficult it is for them to make ends meet.