I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

I am just trying to keep it real.

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

American fans want to meet you, and they wait for that autograph by the stage door. In the UK, it doesn't really happen that much.

I've turned down songs that would be much easier to play on the radio that I don't think should be on the album. Maybe I've shot myself in the foot.

Meanwhile, I get to make an album. I feel like I've been very lucky. There is a guilt when I see people I know who work really hard, then I'm like, "Oh, I've got to do an interview today." I'm so appreciative of all of this, but it does feel like the bubble will burst at some point and it will all have been a dream.

I have moments, like a guy saying to me on the tube, "You know, you look a lot like Jessie Ware."