“I dont think they can deal with someone being complex and contradictory; its not acceptable, you have to be a cartoon, a stereotype.”

“A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in.”

“Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that...”

“It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity. It's really challenging.”

“I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!”

“I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't revea...”