I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.

You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is.

I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.

I don't really read books. Wish I did.

I knew I could sing. That one thing I did believe in was that I could sing, but then constantly getting rejected, it started to get me down. But my voice was always there and my dream and my ambition was always there when I went through bad times.

Growing up, we didn't have anything. My mum wasn't well, so I was in three care homes then foster homes before me and my little brother went back to her. I was passed from pillar to post.