If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because ….

The poetic side of me is Scottish..

I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be feminists, too! Many ….

I guess what I'm passionate about is, I see so many things that I find that there's no real solution to, and you're only here for such a brief moment….

I had a number of different labels. A lot of people assumed I was gay because I was wearing a man's suit, and one had to learn that it's OK, people w….

I'm passionate about everything, actually. I'm passionate about life..

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

There's always darkness around, and if you focus on the darkness, you don't know where to go. But if you direct yourself at the light - there it is! ….

I want to be true to who I am..

I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want..

I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't rea….

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 mak….

I think that the thing is, all those years of creating music or trying to express something of a dark shadow, an existential angst that I have felt m….

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now..

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

You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding..

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. '.

Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it ….

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

I wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can..

I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-braine….