People ask me so many questions.

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. We create these communities from women who share common conditions, and those mothers carry each other through.

I have a reputation for being cold and aloof, but I'm so not that woman. I'm passionate. I love my girls, being with my girlfriends, getting involved with issues that affect other women and children who are suffering.

Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.