I've always known my own mind, and I'm not shy about speaking it.

I had wanted to be a dancer when I was younger. But at some point I figured out I was a better singer.

When I hear the same formula being used over and over, I get bored. Just as huge pop artists have taken inspiration from things that are happening at the moment, I do the same with my music.

I go to a club to relax and hear the music on a big sound system. I don't go to pull a guy.

I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; she was such an idol to me.

What I do and where I come from, the kind of music that I'm making, it's definitely U.K. If I turned around and did a tune with Timbaland, it would be amazing, but it would be me kind of leaving where I'm coming from.

Destiny's Child literally taught me how to sing.