I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.

The dynamic between two individuals starts off with everything warm and nice and fabulous and good. Working and living together can serve you quite well, but when it starts to go wrong - oh, boy!

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.

Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.

You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.

Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

Actually, I'm quite a domesticated person. I love the little things of home.

I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.

Please don't ask me for the actual answer to anything, because I don't have it. Because all I do is look at stuff and ask questions. What can I say? I just think the world's barking mad. Look, I'm not an expert. I'm just an ordinary person.

If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.

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 have a lot to be grateful for.

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

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.

I like where I live here, in London.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.

I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.

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.

I don't think feminism is about the exclusion of men but their inclusion... we must face and address those issues, especially to include younger men and boys.

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.