[Bananarama] were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

Fashion goes round in circles.

This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self-destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all sight of reality and reason.

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.

I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop fan. I love pop culture, It's a total reflection of the zeitgeist.

If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you.

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?

It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.

Life is an illusion which wisely prevents you from seeing yourself fully.

What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers' rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important.

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.

Good afternoon, everybody-ugh, Jesus, gimme a sec.

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.

You're entitled in this country to worship as you please or to not worship. It's one of the great things that defines us as a nation, and it's at the heart of what it is to be in America.

The fact that I have entered into IT-related business is proof that businesses have to evolve and keep with time. One has to re-invent continuously.

Once you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.

I wouldn't go that far. But I know my way around the kitchen. I make dinner every night.

Xerox is really good at managing documents, and we're definitely good at managing through a process.