We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.
I don't know if I'd ever sing a whole album because I don't know if I'd want to hear my voice for more than three or four songs.
I never had that wicked stepmother or evil stepfather thing at all. I'm very close to both step-parents and I consider them to be my parents, too.
If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
Being in The Fall isn't like being in another group. It isn't a holiday. A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me.
I was picked on because I was timid. I had younger sisters; I couldn't turn to them for help. I didn't have an older brother.
'Re-Mit' is going to terrify people. It's quite horrible. The Fall have had enough and we're coming for you.
I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.
I don't think you could pull one Bob Marley song that didn't have quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament.
There's something really powerful when I, for example, hear Bob Marley's 'Exodus' - we know where we're going. We know where we're from.
I was always singing the way I felt, and maybe I didn't exactly know it, but I just didn't like the way things were down there-in Mississippi.
Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story.
Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols.
Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.
I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
I did actually like school. When I was 17, I was in college, but before that, I was home-schooled. I was very social. I liked to know everyone.
I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.
Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
