If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery.

I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed.

I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female.

I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun.

I was a redhead and a middle child; both can make you feel excluded. It's like fighting to be included, in the swim of things. After a while you start to develop a bit of a victim mentality, which isn't great for a happy life.

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

The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression.