I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.

London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.

You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists.

I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.