If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

Marilyn Monroe was supposedly a size 16, which is probably why I love her style; it suits me better.

I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things.

Yes. I do about 70 shows a year, in the past year I've been to Italy, Australia, Japan, China, just about everywhere. I do it because I love singing. The money is a bonus.

I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.

At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? 'We have been here.'