I would like to think I am feminist in some sorts.

I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see.

Ice cream is my comfort food.

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.

I did my dissertation on Kafka.

I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.

I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.

I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

There must be a way to get more of these in me faster, thought the inventor of pea soup as he sat eating peas.

I never had a time line for my life. I didn't say I wanted to be married at 28 and have three kids by the time I was 32.

The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.

I only pick one thing; North, South, East or West. I just get on the road and go. That's the point. The only governor I give myself is what's the time limit.

Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography.Boswell was one ofthesmallest menthat ever lived and he has beaten them all.

The truth never becomes clear as long as we assume that each one of us, individually, is the center of the universe.

Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.

Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.