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'm a better writer than I am a singer, and I express myself easily through writing.

People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard.

I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner...' when really I'm 10 minutes away.

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

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.

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.