I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.

I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.

I don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models.

I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.

Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.

If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood.

I was a drug dealer in Ibiza at 15. I did not excel in drug dealing - I was terrible at it. Golden rule with drug dealing - don't get too enthusiastic with your own merchandise.

I think as long as you're not being malicious and you're not hurting people then you should not be ashamed of what you do.

I think I'm like Marmite; you either love me or you hate me.

Perez Hilton is an irritating wasp in the beautiful rose garden that is my life.

I don't think men are the enemy. I think women are the enemy.

We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.

The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.

Perception is the lens through which we interpret experiences, and when we change the lens we change how we experience.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

I always did workshops. I would be at theater camp, doing shows, or after-school programs.

Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.

I don't think I'm ever going to have the kind of life or schedule that I can really have a steady way of doing things.

Climate change has taken on political dimensions. That's odd because I don't see people choosing sides over E=Mc2 or other fundamental facts of science.

I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.

Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing.