Musician

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

My happiness is very fragile.

I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.

I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't.

I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.

I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.

Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive!

I focus on the individual and not seeing this great big monster, 'the press.'

When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn't want any rich man.

Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions.

I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.

I'm alive today, I'm well, I'm working, I'm still creative. What more can I say, really?

The equipment you've got really dictates what you're going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.

To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.

I want to see my grandchildren grow up. I want to be there for my friends. I want to be able to love the person in my life. I want to work. I want to do something I've never done, which is save money. I've never bought anything. I have nothing.

I was told that I had very likely been clinically depressed for a long, long time, probably since I was 15, or even 14. It explained, to me at least, a lot of my behaviour over the years.

I'm a Capricorn, and they flower late.