You feel like everyone hates you if you've got a good life, now I feel maybe it's allowed because I've had my share of sadness.

My mum taught me to have a soul.

The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it. ... Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary.

I think my mum was really very ahead of her time. She wore very little makeup. She really explored the way that she wore clothes in a very honest way. She wore a lot of vintage stuff and mixed it with bespoke men's tailoring and things like that. That was a huge influence on me, seeing a woman in the spotlight carry herself in that kind of way. But mostly, for me, it was just that she was an incredibly honest and sort of natural person.

For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift.

My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.

At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work.