I'm not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.

I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.

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

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

Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.

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.