I really worshipped Mama Cass a lot. Mama Cass, who was really fat and she didn't lose weight. Yeah, she went on diets but for the most part of her life and the better part of her career she was a big person.

I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story.

A few years back, when my style was "punk grandma", I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. I've given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more "1980s substitute teacher gone wild."

With a stretch belt, anything can be a dress - a dinner napkin, a tablecloth, even a towel. Just wrap and snap, and away you go in an incredible outfit. Another plus is that the belt will pull all eyes to your lovely curves, and they even look good around a coat or a jacket.

I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that's great and fits you.

I think if the world were a fair and just place, there wouldn't even need to be a gay label.

When you get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, "Where's your other album?"