It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.
I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.
Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.
I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.
I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.
My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.
Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.
I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.
My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.
I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.
I'd rather die than let somebody get the better of me.
I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we're living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.
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.
Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort.
I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
