I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.

I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.

I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.

I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest.

If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery.

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.

It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate.

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

My solo album is dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots.

People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.

Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture.

That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous.

We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect.

You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.

And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle.

I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed.

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.