I'm so proud of my son for being so funny!

There are enough people in the world who are going to write you off. You don't need to do that to yourself.

The one's who were mean to me are now nice to me.

I live myself with my cat Pebbles. She isn't enjoying the attention as much as me - she ran off up the stairs as soon as the film crew for the show came into the house. She didn't come down for hours. But I have the support of all my brothers and sisters and my neighbours and friends - everyone thinks it's just great.

Nothing is impossible. It can be downright difficult, but not impossible.

My love of singing is hereditary.

My singing silenced the bullies, but better than that, it silenced the demons inside me. When you're jeered at, told to shut up, sit still, stop being silly, there's a cacophony of noise rolling around in your head. When I was singing, it was peaceful.