Alison Goldfrapp

"Humans have always used animals to depict ideas about themselves: ideas about their status, about their position in life and society and the world."

"I think some women try to make you feel you're not all female because you haven't given birth. There are a lot of prejudices. Some women think women who have animals are deeply sad, because what they really want is a child. Mind you, there's probably an element of truth in that."