I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.

I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.

I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to calm yourself down. But when my friend, the French songwriter Etienne Daho, listened to my songs, he was so moved that told me that I had to do a demo, share them with the world.

I'm horrified most of the time. I wish it was more complicated, but at the same time, each time I try to complicate it I hate it because I hate the idea of writing to impress.

The whole point of art school is that you're going to be able to have nudes all day long and a teacher who is there to move you. It's great.

Acting seems much easier than singing, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off.

I'm a bit of a contrarian, so I like the idea of going on stage without makeup, without the hair being done, in the jeans and shirt I've been wearing all day. At first that was an issue, because I didn't want to be disrespectful.