Obviously when you're a teen you have no money, so you make, like, three outfits out of one dress. You're like, 'OK cut the arms here. Alright: New party, cut them to here.'

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

I'm not going to lie; I'm not a huge remix person.

Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde.

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

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.

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.