I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.

All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it.

Curvy is something to be proud of.

I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the 40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery and I think I'd suit that decade.

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

My denim jacket had 'I love GNR' and 'I love AC/DC' written all over it, but I always came back to swing.

Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort.