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.

Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.

The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.

My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.

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 surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don't have any problem telling me I'm acting like an idiot or I'm not that funny.

I feel curious about every situation I'm in.