Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community.

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

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

I don't have any interest to go to Israel. I don't think I'd ever have a cause to go.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

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

I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.

I like where I live here, in London.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

I love to make music and stay grounded.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

I see myself as a traveller.

I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.

I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically.

I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.