I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions!
I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.
You need to have a life outside your career.
I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.
There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.
That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more.
I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.
In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2.
Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.
Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.
Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.
'The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.
Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.
I'm always sticking up for other people.
I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.
I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.
I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.
It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.
