If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.

I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see.

Ice cream is my comfort food.

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.

I did my dissertation on Kafka.

I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.

I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.

I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

A small step forward . . .every . . single . . .day. The sun is coming up and I am wondering, 'What wondrous thing shall I witness today?

The game is so fantastic, and people who get into it love it so much...I'd be pleased with that. There's no game like it.

One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything.

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

Bryan Lee O'Malley has been alive since he was born and will lives until he dies.

When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had.

With the experience to judge, one need not pre-judge.

The Moulin Rouge is, like the West Village and the Nasdaq, one of those places that people who don't like to take risks come to for the thrill of being on the spot where risks once were taken.

Every morning or afternoon, whenever you want to write, you have to go up and shoot that old bear under your desk between the eyes.

I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.