I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about bands I love.

Success, I've come to realise, is fleeting so you shouldn't value it too much.

I'm a very, very disciplined person.

I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so transformative.

I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like someone who observes it, and I can't ever imagine being like that.

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