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

I try not to brand myself 'weird' any more because it sticks.

I just really want to make albums - and however I can, I will.

I'm very affected by what I watch and read.

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

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.

We live in a society where everything's packaged.