When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let it

I guess there's a song for absolutely everything that could possibly happen to a person.

People always complain, 'you never invited me to your wedding', but I prefer casual weddings.

I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself.

I don't want any man to have control over me.

The music business is a place where the artists are all treated like we're working for the people who are working for us. That can obviously be exaggerated when you're a female.

When I grew up in Ireland in the seventies there was no such thing as therapy...I mean we didn't even have cappuccinos until 1998! So for me music was therapy, it was also the place where one could speak about himself, where he was allowed to speak about his traumatic experiences.