I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

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'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.

I wouldn’t be able to write a song like “Someone Like You” and get someone else to sing it because it’s so personal. It’s like giving away your heart.

I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are.

I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight.

I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.