I'm not very ambitious at all.

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.

I've never been an idiot - I was a smart girl but I'd do stupid things like go around Asda and nick stuff because my friends told me to. I was a good girl as a teenager.

A little bit of anorexia, a little bit of bulimia. I'm not totally OK now but I don't think any woman is.

I was expecting it to be cynical because I'm like that myself. I wouldn't want it to be all roses because life isn't like that.

I'm not a natural born performer.

I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular.