Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality. We aren’t merely objects of desire.

I think there's a lot that's beautiful about religion and very inspiring, obviously, but I do think that God needs to be rescued from religion actually.

You also said in Rolling Stone that your look is based on mine. The look I chose, I chose on purpose at a time when my record company were encouraging me to do what you have done. I felt I would rather be judged on my talent and not my looks. I am happy that I made that choice, not least because I do not find myself on the proverbial rag heap now that I am almost 47 yrs of age.. which unfortunately many female artists who have based their image around their sexuality, end up on when they reach middle age.

I don't feel like me unless I have my hair shaved. So even when I'm an old lady, I'm going to have it.

What pisses me off is when I've got seven or eight record company fat pig men sitting there telling me what to wear.

It's very hard to be perceived as a boss, and behaving like a boss or wanting to be treated like one.

The sexuality is being sold to the artists as power when in fact it's not; it's a way of hypnotizing their audience.