“It’s been brought to my attention that this is a political act, even though that’s not what it feels like to me – it just feels like personal exposure and it’s uncomfortable. But my understanding is that so much research has been done that says that if anybody knows someone who’s gay or lesbian, then when they are addressing gay or lesbian issues, political issues, that affect their rights, they are less likely to vote against them, to take away their rights. So ... if I can be that lesbian you know now, ‘OK, well, if I vote this way, then that actually might affect this person I know, that Meredith.’”

“Promises made were not honored. The LGBT community and all fair-minded New Yorkers have been betrayed. I am enraged, deeply disappointed and profoundly saddened by the vote today.”

“I normally get up about 10 a.m., my PA will bring me a Starbucks, I’ll have a look at my e-mails. At the moment I’ve got nothing that pressurized other than keeping an eye on the video they’re making for the Christmas single. Then, if I’m in the mood, I’ll come up to the office in Highgate, do some work, writing, backing tracks or whatever. Come home. Kenny will be here, the dogs are here. Maybe eat locally, hang out, and then probably go off and have a shag or have someone come here and have a shag ... that’s probably a couple times a week.”

“(I don’t talk about my personal life) because I don’t want to bore people stiff with my dreary, dysfunctional, endlessly repeating similar relationships that last from three weeks to three months to nine months or whatever.”