I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.

I think in some parts of our English history we've had huge amounts of almost too much great comedy. You kind of wonder how so much great work could come out of one country.

School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.

Its so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.

I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world. Y'know, I'm a very strong person and I think that's why actually I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature'.

Every old sock meets an old shoe

I feel like I have to do some promotion to let the people know that the records are out there; but I kind of like the idea that it's my work that does the talking rather than me.