I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.

When you're on the pop treadmill, you don't always feel that cool because you have to do things to promote the record that aren't necessarily your environment.

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.

I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.

You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism - so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.

I believe in life you need to always ask for everything politely and nicely, and then if they say no you do what you wanted to do anyway