I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible.

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.

To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank.

I am standing like shoe polish on an overstocked shelf hoping that one day someone will pick me to make things better.

There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.

I expect people to at least use some thought.

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.

Maybe what I do isn't going to be acknowledged by people, but that's me. It's my nature to do things that are weirder and less understood and that was a path I needed to take

People have a right to their own lives, and if you can't help somebody, you ought to get out of their way.

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.

One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the policy of the Communist party