As for drugs, it annoys me that people think it`s the worst thing in the world compared with, say, not paying your taxes. If you don`t pay tax, you may be stealing from someone who needs an operation. As for me and drugs or alcohol: No thanks, I`m abstaining for a while.

I wasn't into anything at school. I used to get really embarrassed. I used to get asked to do performing things, and I'd go to all the rehearsals, and then I'd pretend to be ill on the day I had to actually perform. I was very unhappy at school.

But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.

Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.

I think people just probably don't want people to think that they're vain.

I like to be able to get up and go and buy a pint of milk without bumping into 20 people I know.

I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.