I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.

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

I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know, to realize that dream and I'm very pleased with that...I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry...Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion-very powerful emotions.

To be labeled as a strong woman when you feel vulnerable is a strange place to be, because then you're, like, "Oh, I have to be strong now. But I don't feel strong. I feel alienated. I feel isolated. I feel that things are very surreal, and they're not authentic, and this is all just very overwhelming."

In a way, it's all down to perception, isn't it? And everyone has their own take on everything.

I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.

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