I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually.

I want to hear from the creature who isn't blessed with unbelievable good looks and incredible genes. I want to hear from the geek girl, the forgotten girl, the invisible girl and the miserable girl.

You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.

I wouldn't say that cutting was pleasurable, but there is a sense of euphoria that follows cutting yourself. The quick pinch of pain and the sight of blood snaps you back to the surface and you start to appreciate being alive.

I feel privileged, to be honest.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.