I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

I don't particularly consider myself just an artist. I'm a woman - I'm a human being.

Some people are saying there's going to be a third World War. I hope not. I really think this is a time that people can start to mend things by negotiations, dealings. We know about dealings, don't we? We have brilliant lawyers. Why don't we have brilliant lawyers standing up and working for peace?

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.

Basically there are two types of people in the world: people who are confident because they know they have the ability to create, and then people who have been demoralised, who have no confidence in themselves because they have been told they have no creative ability, but must just take orders. The Establishment likes people who take no responsibility and cannot respect themselves.