I'm very proud of my roots, and I would never try not to be who I am.
I do think that when you get older, you kind of learn not to judge because you realise that no one's perfect, and we're all fighting our own private demons.
I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people and know when to put your foot down and do what's best for you and your family. The first few years in the music industry can be a steep learning curve, and I've definitely developed a thicker skin!
I've been hugely inspired by the songwriting of Lauryn Hill and Tracy Chapman - on their albums, they really tell it like it is.
I love hats and winter is the perfect time for them. I love winter time fashion.
I absolutely love Nicole Scherzinger. She's worked really hard to get to where she is and really knows her stuff.
I'm able to provide for my family and the people that I love with things that I never used to be able to. I'm getting to make music and work with amazing people. I just feel really lucky.
My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.
I think, even in society, people get so caught up in how they look. I think I let that go, and I've learnt to not care.
I'm one of these people who tries to look for the good in people, but I've learnt that, actually, no, some people fundamentally just are not nice.
If you are going to survive in business, show business or any business, then you have to be bold.
What I hated then - and hate now - is the way that people say to girls like me who get pregnant young that it ruins your life. Having a child doesn't ruin your life - having a child is a blessing.
I'm a better writer than I am a singer, and I express myself easily through writing.
I think there's definitely a dance album or at least single in me somewhere. I would want to work with a really cool Ibiza DJ, though.
When you're recording classic songs, you've got to kind of make them your own, and you can't always worry about what people are going to think.
I'd gone from being a mum to all of a sudden having people fussing and overly pampering me. It can easily change you.
I was really good at manicures, facials and make-up.
It wasn't until my late teens that I really got into soul music and then I was like 'Ooh, this is good!' You'd always here it at old family parties, like, Gladys Knight and I'd always love it but I didn't really get to know it and respect it until I was a bit older.
Sometimes I won't put a lot of make up on; I won't put foundation on. I'll just pop a bit of blusher on. I'm not obsessed with trying to look like a Victoria's Secret model - it's real life.
The aim for me is to have a long career. I've got a couple of kids, and so I can't really be a fashion because I have to sustain a life for my children.
