I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

[Bananarama] were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press

Being a woman is really crap.

It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?

I consider the Stooges to be pop music.

You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike.