Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.

I only write about stuff that’s happened to me.. stuff I can’t get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive.

I saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn't recognize myself.

My dad always had music playing around us and he was always a happy chirpy man with a beautiful voice. I was always singing around the house and I assumed that's what all families did. It wasn't until I went through that nasty teenage stage that I started to realise that wasn't the case.

A song marks an occasion in my life and that's how I live my life, by songs.

The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now.

I wouldn't be with a man who was scared of me, but I don't think men are scared of me - look at me, I'm tiny. I don't think I'm capable of putting anyone off. I'm a nice girl.