I am, and always will be, proud to be a Hackney girl.

I love horseback riding. I still do it.

I suffer from arachnophobia. I don't mind the tiny spiders so much, it's the ones with their legs covered in thick hair.

I think when people see that you are shy, or even just calm, collected and reserved, they think you can be pushed around, made to do everything they want - but that's definitely not true of me. The people closest to me know that's not the case. They know I'm not a pushover.

I don't get involved in record label politics.

I hate the thought of animals being killed just for our pleasure...

I'd always been quite quiet growing up, and singing was a way of having a voice.