I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits.

Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.

I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.

I like a house party and fancy dress, a big fan of fancy dress, like dress up, costume parties.

I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.

Having a soul, they say, is like taking sadness and turning it into something beautiful.

If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that.

I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

Sometimes I find that music is so much more attractive than love. I don’t know… It’s like some kind of euphoria, that love can’t bring to you.

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

When God gives you an idea, you must act immediately on it.

Child give me your hand so that I may walk in the light of your faith in me.

The most dangerous aspect of religion is its tendency to glorify the absurd and justify the abhorrent.

Set a great example. Someone may imitate it.

I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just makes songs.

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

The smartest person in the room, is the room.

I think there's no harm, sometimes, to feel on the edge of things. If you're on the margins you can see a bigger picture. And I actually quite like standing at a peculiar angle to the universe.

The nature of love is to kill for it, or to die.