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.
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. '
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.
I love to make music and stay grounded.
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.
I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.
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.
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...
Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.
Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.
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.