"In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me."

"I am quite loud and bolshie. I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud."

"I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me."

"I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that."

"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power."

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."