I really, really love being a mum and I absolutely love being a singer so I couldn't be happier.

Life is too short not to experiment.

Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important.

I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.

Americans are so dedicated to their jobs.

I love all those stupid, cheesy chat-up lines like 'Did God take the stars out of the sky and put them into your eyes?' But I never get chatted up.

My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching.

My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority.

I don't believe stores should stock clothes below or above a certain weight. They should be made to feel uncomfortable when they go in and can't find a size.

There never seems to be enough hours in the day. At the moment I have no time to make new music because I've been doing so much promotion for this new single.

You've got your Justins who have all the back flipping dancers and stuff, and then you've got Lemar, and he totally moves you without having to do all of that, and he's gorgeous.

If I go back to the beginning, I could start it over again. I could go line by line; try and find a shorter way. I could try to make it... better.

I'm a big fan of Israel and frankly a strong prime minister is a strong Israel

Computers are finite machines; when given the same input, they always produce the same output.

Brokenness is the bow from which God launches the arrow of healing.

For the recuperation of body and mind, there is nothing better than natural therapy - sand, sunshine and surf.

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.

I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.

Lagos was the ultimate dysfunctional city - but actually, in terms of all the initiatives and ingenuity, it mobilised an incredibly beautiful, almost utopian landscape of independence and agency.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.