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Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little.
If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point.
Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.
No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.
I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.
When I do my shows, it's really cross-generational. Sometimes there's three generations there.
I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.
Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.
I'm really into food; it's one of my favourite things - everything from potato waffles to lobster.
I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
My denim jacket had 'I love GNR' and 'I love AC/DC' written all over it, but I always came back to swing.
The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.
I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.
Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.
I love Andre 3000 from OutKast. I think we'd complement each other, but I'm hoping he's got a good sense of humour.
My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
There are lots of beautiful areas in England, and I am lucky enough to live in a stunning part of a very beautiful area.
My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.
I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.
It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
I always carry a good lipstick with me, like MAC in Ruby Woo. It has a matt finish, the essence of that vintage glamour look.
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 so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal.
I believe in life you need to always ask for everything politely and nicely, and then if they say no you do what you wanted to do anyway
I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.
All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it.
I don't overthink when I'm styling. I kind of forgive myself and accept that I will make mistakes. Getting dressed should be a fun experience!
I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.
I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.
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've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.
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 stay true to my lyrics. If I go back and look at them in hindsight, the emotions I had when I wrote them have passed. It feels unjustified to change them.
When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.
I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that can potentially destroy our industry.
When you're on the pop treadmill, you don't always feel that cool because you have to do things to promote the record that aren't necessarily your environment.
I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.
I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the 40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery and I think I'd suit that decade.
I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.
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.
I'm surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don't have any problem telling me I'm acting like an idiot or I'm not that funny.
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.
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'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.
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.'