There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
~ Annie Lennox
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.
Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.
Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.
Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.
Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.
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.
I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.
As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.
