It can often happen that motherhood can really stop a lot of women in their tracks and I wanted to try and keep working through that as much as I could.

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband.

It's better to embrace your roots than it is to fight it, because then you're just fighting something that you're not going to win. We're like a band of gypsies, and it makes sense.

I don't like talking about music.

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.'

I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.

I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.

You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque.

My childhood definitely revolved around my relationship with my brother. I wanted to be different. I wanted to find my way of being as intriguing and interesting as he was.

Solitary confinement is rock bottom, it’s absolute unfreedom.

We each contribute our own book to the great library of humanity.

Vision differentiates between a follower and a leader.

I think the success that I have is due to hard work and destiny. It is important to stay grounded and not take things for granted.

I have seen players sent off for far worse offences than that.

When I paint figures it's never the idea of painting the beauty of the figure, it is using the figure to get across how I feel.

The wisdom of bridges comes from the fact that they know the both sides, they know the both shores!

Another key role the CEO plays is to focus efforts.

The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to death.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.