I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time.
Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.
Nobody gets to say who we love, or who we lay down beside, or take as our husband, lover, life, or bride. Nobody gets to decide what's for some, that others should hide. Pride. Nobody gets to choose but YOU.
I think everybody likes to play the villain. Theyre always much more interesting characters.
Music just makes sense to me. I don't ever worry when I'm singing. It's the safest place. I am a bit of worrier.
I've never been able to sleep very much, even when I was a kid. I used to hate being forced to lay in bed in the darkness, and just shifting in bed and staring at the shadows.
Paint what you like and die happy
I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people.
At the end of the day, I'm not a bad person; I don't hurt anyone.