If people go into music with the idea of competing with other artists, then they're doing it for all the wrong reasons.

My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.

I don't really know what 'a dark place' means. I have windows in my house, and I'm generally an upbeat person! A lot of people throw that word at me because I wear a lot of black and leather.

I will never censor myself to please anyone.

I definitely feel excited to be able to put really hard beats - like hip-hop beats - behind my music, more than I did before.

I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music.

I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.