When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something, they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.

If I want to dress myself a certain way, I don't want to have to rely on someone else to do it for me.

I think 'fan' implies somebody who's submissive, sycophantic, in awe of everything you're doing.

I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person.

I really keep my life very simple.

I don't want to be in front of the camera forever. I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever. I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me. I'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.

We live in a very strange world where everything is so accessible; if you like one song someone did, you can see what they ate for breakfast or what kind of sunglasses they wore.