I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.

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'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.

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

Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.

I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.

I'd rather be on my own than be with a violent man.