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

I had a real stage school voice and I could do loud things, but it's not about being loud, it's about sensitivity and subtlety in music. You can do so much more with a quiet voice than with a belter.

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

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

Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!

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.

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