My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I'm glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.

Since I met Starsmith, my producer, I really feel like I'm making music because we write it together and produce it together. I've got a proper involvement in the end product as opposed to just writing a song and finding someone else to produce it.

I'm never happy with my face, my hair, I haven't really got any boobs and I'm not really that tall.

Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it's like your body will work against you.

By the time I got writing 'Halcyon,' I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn't really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst.

I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.