"If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '"

"As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in."

"Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death."

"Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries."

"The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest."

"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."

"Originality is the art of concealing your source."

"The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me."