I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.

I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn't exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end up miserable. But it makes me a better writer.

I love to listen to books on tape.

I like The Smiths - I would love to do a song with The Smiths, because they are so sonically different.

You are so much more than you are in this moment; you never know how great you can be. Don't give up on you, I didn't give up on me.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.