I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.
There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.
Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.
I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.
Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.
Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.
A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.
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. '
I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.
I love to make music and stay grounded.
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 firs...
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.
Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.
Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.
For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.
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.
The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.