“I love to make music and stay grounded.”
Music
“Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.”
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“Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.”
Age“Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.”
Home“When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.”
Beauty“I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.”
Music“Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.”
Women“Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.”
Money“I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.”
Music“I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.”
Power“Women's issues have always been a part of my life.”
Women“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.”
Change“We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.”
Men“I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.”
Music“Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.”
Women“I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.”
History“Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.”
Christmas“Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.”
Beauty“If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '”
Women“Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.”
Death“I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.”
Poetry