You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'

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.

But heads and hearts don’t always agree

I wish that love could be broken down the way it breaks me down.

We must recognize that we cannot depend on the governments of the world to abolish war because they and the economic interests they represent benefit from war.

The king shall joy in thy strength O Lord and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire and hast not withheld the request of his lips.

I don't get embarrassed easily, and I do silly things all the time!

Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is.

The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

At my lowest I was making nothing, of course

When we realize how little we mean to the universe, we realize how important we are to each other

I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.