I love a challenge and the last four years it has all come to fruition and it has been wonderful.

When I sing, I close my eyes. If I see a feather, everything is fine. Without this image in my mind, the sound is not 'truthful' enough and I must begin again. I have to.

People have said there is an integrity about me, and I think there is. I don't try to follow a trend. I have my own little path.

I'm an interpreter of music.

I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in Spain. I guess I would say home is where my mother is, and she lives in Spain.

It's in everyone's best interest to help close the gender gap in the sciences.

Some people want to give money to their children, buy houses, go on a holiday - whatever it is that they want to invest in. This particular journey has been something that I wanted to do most of my life, but there was no real opportunity to do so.