Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.
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 really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
The person who inspired me the most was a friend of mine, Anita Roddick. I know that Anita wasn't known to be an ardent feminist, but she truly was.
The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.
When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.
We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.
I have a lot to be grateful for.
The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population or intravenous drug users.
There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.
I have a reputation for being cold and aloof, but I'm so not that woman. I'm passionate. I love my girls, being with my girlfriends, getting involved with issues that affect other women and children who are suffering.
Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.
I would love to meet a dodo.
Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.
I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?
I love to make music and stay grounded.
I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.
I see myself as a traveller.
Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.
Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.
