Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.

I'm in love with kid's stories and animation.

I look at other artists who have had fabulous first albums, and you don't know what they're doing today. Who's to say I'll be an exception to that rule?

I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.

I often felt like I was walking around with this Scarlet Letter stitched to my chest from the way that people treated me.

I think that once an artist has proven herself and you sell lots of records, you should be compensated.

If you break your knee, you have therapy on your knee, and it's the same for your heart.