I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.

I didn't go to acting school, so it was great to be able to rehearse for a month or two, to workshop, and be with a director who even gave me acting exercises.

When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.

I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.

I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.

I thought people wouldn't take me seriously if too much acting was involved in the singing. But now I love the idea of mixing everything together.