Some men think that if you’re empowered and sure of yourself then you’re a man-hater, but it’s like, ‘No, I’m just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.’
I really like to please people, and I think it’s a symptom of being an only child.
I vote Labour and can’t begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.
I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
I don’t feel I fit in with morning television because I’m like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.
I’d love to say that I could write political songs, but I don’t feel clued-up enough.
I wasn’t really comfortable reading until I was 12.
You cannot schedule death.
I’m not one for sightseeing or going around the shops when I’m on holiday. I do enough shopping when I’m at home, and like to have a complete break when I’m away.
If I go out with no make-up and a tracksuit on, nobody comes up to me. And if they do, I won’t do a photo because I wouldn’t want any photographic evidence.
I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that’s where I go.
You know, my mum’s always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
I just have an inability to lie.
You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.
I’m proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.
I’m not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.
I try not to brand myself ‘weird’ any more because it sticks.
I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.
I use debit cards for everyday purchases, as I don’t believe in credit cards. But this has caused problems, especially with American touring, because I refuse to have a credit card – and in America you can’t pay for anything on a debit card.