Look at all our old men in pubs. Look at all our young people on drugs.

Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you.

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

My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so it's my favorite thing if somebody gives me a piece of music, and then I can write lyrics and melodies.

I guess I'm a Holy Spirit maniac. I'm not a religious maniac. I love religion, but I don't like it.

I find that as a female boss in the music industry, it's difficult to actually be treated as if you actually are the boss and to have people act on your instructions and take you seriously. Like you call up people who are working for you and say, "I'd like to see such-and-such document," and they tell you that you don't need it. Then you have to spend time convincing them that it doesn't matter whether they think you need it or not, they're supposed to hand it to you.

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.