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.