Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows and the make-up contracts and whatever else.

There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.

There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house.

You need to have a life outside your career.

In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.

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