I think young men and boys are taught to fail. It's nothing to them; they do sport, they fall over, they shout, 'I'm all right,' and carry on. But with girls, they're so appallingly embarrassed to fail, it's like it's considered unfeminine.

It's amazing what your brain can do when all your senses are heightened.

I've had to fight for everything.

We were very deliberately not playing 12-bar structures, blues structures, which rock musicians turned into such a cliche. We tried to... listen to the rhythms within ourselves and take the normal words we used every day in our normal thoughts, which girls hadn't written about before.

People say you mellow as you get older, and I really haven't.

There was an angry wave in the '70s, a strong feminist angry wave. I remember thinking - oh my God - I thought it was the beginning of something, and it all went quiet.

I have always been fascinated by Indian history and architecture.

Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

There has been a change in attitude, though.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

I'm a romantic. The impressionists have always been my favorites. I like prettiness - beauty, or what I perceive as beauty.