True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him.

I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not apart from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Scotland's voice has to be heard

I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to think that human beings are bargaining chips.

So after a lovely family Xmas day, this 80s teen is off to bed feeling a bit sad, but listening to this masterpiece [George Michael: I can't make you love me].

This is just too awful. Such an amazing talent [like George Michael] gone too soon. Wham was part of the soundtrack to my teenage years.

Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.

Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case.

If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life.

I guess when your stars alignYou do like the solar system and plan it out

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

Loving someone is such an inherently dangerous act. And yet, love, that’s where safety lives.

To be a person is to have a story to tell.

The obvious priority is to get your intonation together. Your sound and your pitch should be inspiring to people, not a distraction.

No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated.

The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.