I felt connected with Madonna from a very young age. I think I share a lot of qualities from her personality. I really respect her.

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

If you don't want to have your private life splashed everywhere, why go to the restaurants and the places you know you're going to be photographed?

I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't warm up, and I don't know how other singers do it.

I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable. I am not a robot.

Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.