But when my grandmother saw me plucking [my eyebrows] she said: 'Don't. You will regret it. One day you will wake up with no eyebrows and think how stupid you were. Your eyebrows are the most beautiful thing about you.'

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.

I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved.

I don't mind being called Supernova. If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one!