I think I've always looked older than I am. I hope that's going to work in my favor when I get older.

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.

The drum to which we march reveals the conductor to whom we’re listening.

My age makes him nervous and shamey, cause his eyes keep heading southwards and then back up, guilty. I can tell I can make his eyes swirl and that's just about all I want to do.

Life is not a multiple choice test, it's an open-book essay exam.

It’s more than just saying lines and turning the light on. You have to drive the story - there’s a technical aspect.

I go every year to the Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives and it's spectacular.

This wasn't a garden,' said Susan presently. 'It was a castle.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

All of us are displaced. Few people live where their great-grandparents lived or speak the language their great-grandparents spoke.

Once you know the difference between right and wrong, you have lots fewer decisions to make.

He is most powerful who governs himself.