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.

If anyone did any harm to my children, I don't know what I would do.

I like being in love. I want to be in love, but at this stage of my life, my career is, by far, the most important thing to me. It's my passion.

To do what you love can sometimes be stressful.

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

I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter.

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