“In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow th...” — Imelda May Quote

“In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together.”

“I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless you're Jedward! I'm doing very well, but I still have a mortgage to pay off. So I'm on the road.”

“I started singing in church with my sister Maria when I was four, and I've been pretty much singing ever since. There's never been anything else for me to do.”

“Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.”

“If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of very necessary experience.”

“The strength of my mother is something I didn't pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, 'I'm getting my kids out of here. I'm creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary.'”