Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: December 25, 1954
I have a lot to be grateful for..
I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued….
Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously ….
We're not interested to know the real heroes. We're really more interested in the villains, actually, and they seem to thrive, and it continues to be….
Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men….
The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natura….
I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer..
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 ….
The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation, we had a lot of strikes going o….
Whatever you do, you do out of a passion..
In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through th….
Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized..
We are not consistent. We have both these dark sides and some light as well..
You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable..
The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men..
When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school..
You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of the line. You have to find associative ….
I used to be obsessed about how I presented myself. I didn't want other people dressing me because I didn't want to be treated like a clothes horse..
There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in nonprofit organizations, tackling the i….
The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living wit….
There's so much stigma around HIV/AIDS. It's a challenging issue, and the people that already have been tested and know their status find it very, ve….