A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.

Finding people in your life as sounding boards who can be neutral and clear is worth nurturing.

I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head.

I've worked with many powerful men in the music industry.

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.