If One Woman Is Suffering,

I'm From A Working-class Background, And I've Experienced That Worry Of Not Having A Job Next Week Because The Unions Are Going On Strike.

I Find Beauty In A Very Independent State. It Lives Quietly. It's There To Be Discovered.

I Think That The Thing Is, All Those Years Of Creating Music Or Trying To Express Something Of A Dark Shadow, An Existential Angst That I Have Felt Most Of My Life And Still Feel Today, To Not Be Overwhelmed By It. Music, In A Way, Is A Great Vehicle, A Means By Which One Can Express All These Somewhat Contradictory Feelings.

Life Is Not Quantifiable In Terms Of Age, But I Suppose In My Fifties I Am More Grounded And More At Ease In My Own Skin Than When I Was Younger. I Have A Confidence That I Didn't Have Before From The Experiences I've Had.

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. '