I love America, it's a much more permissive place.

I'm a realist and a dreamer. There are certain things you can give certain people and certain things you can't.

No. No. I don't listen to anyone except my ... inner child anyway. If someone had said to me, Amy, lose a stone which they wouldn't - I don't think I would have listened anyway.

Music was my ultimate ambition but I liked all of it. I wanted to discipline myself in dance and acting too and I'd done all three since I was 9-years-old. I could sing, but I didn't become a great singer.

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.

I dont ever want to do anything mediocre. I hear the music in the charts and I dont mean to be rude, but those people have no soul. Learning from music is like eating a meal - you have to pace yourself. You cant take everything from it all at once. I want to be different, definitely. Im not a one trick pony. Im at least a five-trick pony.