Sometimes with pop music, you have to see it to love it. With soul music, it's sparse. There's nothing that's pretentious or planned. It's just so gutsy.

I don't want to be some skinny mini with my tits out. I really don't want to do it and I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about.

I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent.

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

I don't want to be on the cover of Playboy or Vogue.

People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look.

People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.