I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really.

If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.

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

Life is a process of working out what's not working for you and disentangling yourself from it and trying then not walk into the same thing again. Watching your patterns and correcting them if you can.