I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else’s insecurities to be your own.

I’ve grown up a lot, and I’ve realized that what I need to make myself happy is the people around you.

As an artist, I try and be controversial, and I have been a bit offensive at times. I have a view on the burka, and I’m sure a few of the Muslim girls and their...

It’s really important to me that my niece and nephews can come and see my show, as can my grandad and nan. I love spending time with my family, and music has always bonded us.

The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don’t sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

I am a very honest person, and I can only say there are moments in my life where I really did think I was being me in the sense of my morals and beliefs and...

I’m not really the party person. I don’t ‘become myself’ once I’m drunk. I don’t use alcohol to be happy.

I’m glad I’ve had to struggle. It’s made me the artist I am now.

I want young people to know that they can belong – whatever your culture, your religion, your sexuality – that you can live life how you want to live it and feel comfortable how you...

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn’t specific to a religion. I think...

I feel like a lot of the industry and media portray this image of what beautiful is, or how you should dress, or how you should look, and I don’t think it’s healthy.

Sexuality shouldn’t define anyone. It doesn’t define me. Love should be at the core of what you do.

When I was nine, I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was prescribed beta blockers, which had the side effect of turning my skin green. Looking like Shrek’s little sister at school wasn’t the...

I have calmed down my look. Is it really necessary to wear all that jewelry and makeup at 7 A.M.? When you’re tired, you start to over-compensate by wearing too much bling.

I never stop working when I’m on stage, and that’s my fitness.

I’m not afraid to have no make-up on and no hair. I just want to be stripped back.

Children used to get bullied at school. Now they go home, and that’s where the problem starts – because they sit on their phones all night, thinking about who’s ‘liked’ a photo of them, who...

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

I like my life to be pure and clean and organised, and I like to have had eight hours’ sleep a night. I honestly don’t think I’d be as successful if I was a party...

Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an...

During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It’s constant! I just don’t stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say ‘Just calm down. Stand still for at least...

I know I’ve got the right friends because they understand when they haven’t seen me for three months and then when I do see them, it’s exactly as it was before.

I love getting dressed up, but I want to be remembered for my singing.

I’m someone who’d never base how happy I am on how much money I have, or how good a restaurant is because of how posh it is.

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same...

I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I’m an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their...

I’m not a natural runner. I’m friends with Ellie Goulding, and she’ll be like, ‘I’ve just done a 10K run’ and I’m like: ‘Why would you do that? How do you just do that?’ But...

I’m not afraid to say I’m very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.

I had an amazing childhood and always loved to sing and dance, but there were moments where I had ups and downs with my health that often tested me as it does many people. I’ve...

I started to look like a cartoon character with the fringe and the catsuits. Yes, I want to change and mix it up. I want to change my hair, change my style. I want to...

I think if I wasn’t a singer I’d probably do make-up and beauty and hair and something creative like styling; I really enjoy it.

Songs lay a foundation of who I am going to be forever.