A couple of months ago I hauled my white ass on stage alongside Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder for Divas Las Vegas, singing in front of a celebrity audience. If I can hold my own there, I can hold my own at Top of the Pops, trust me.

I don't ascribe to any particular style or period.

When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I write. It's the same process since I started writing in my twenties. I like to come in and leave with a finished song.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

I went through a huge transition in my life where everything and everyone I knew and trusted didn't turn out to be that way.

I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare.