I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.

I think it's important to have a happy parent.

My mum had a very strong moral code, which I kind of came with. I never really had to be told what was right or wrong - I knew. I was very mature from early on and I was a very good girl, so she never had any trouble with me.

The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.

If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.