I'm not one for sightseeing or going around the shops when I'm on holiday. I do enough shopping when I'm at home, and like to have a complete break when I'm away.

There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.

A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that.

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.

I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.

I think soul is soul. I don't see new soul as any different to old soul.

When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.