I look really odd in jeans and a hoodie - it doesn't feel or seem right.

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.

Your soul is always trying to guide you in your true life direction towards your highest good and greatest happiness.

Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer.

Someone has said, “Prayer is the highest use to which speech can be put.

The general election's taking place today in Iraq, so I guess that means we're one step closer to being there for another 10 years.

Channel your passion into lasting results

I grew up always knowing what I wanted to do, and I'm starting to see how rare that is. All of my friends are just figuring it out. It's a process of elimination until you find what you love.

All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.

There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in financial crises.

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living.

I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that.