On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.

Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.

That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more.

The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

It's hard to feel comfortable in your own skin when you're younger.

I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.