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.

Compared to a lot of artists, I’m usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.

I vote Labour and can’t begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.

I mean, my music career and my acting career – if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it’s going to be a bit of a...

I’m really into food; it’s one of my favourite things – everything from potato waffles to lobster.

I don’t know anyone, from any class, who’s had a perfectly easy life. I’ve met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn’t have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class...

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that’s where all that influence comes from.

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.

You cannot schedule death.

I’m not interested in what other people are doing. That’s their business.

I lend people money, but I’d never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn’t get it back.

I don’t have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.

I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.

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.

I don’t feel I fit in with morning television because I’m like a vampire and I like to stay up late.

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 don’t normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.

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...

Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I’d know what I was wearing the next day. I never went to a...

I’m proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

Sometimes people fear the truth. They’d rather not speak to you than know what you really think.

I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that’s where I go.

I’d never go on a reality show – it’s too invasive.

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 don’t have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.

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 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!

Once you accept that we’re all imperfect, it’s the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all...

I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.

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.

I’m very affected by what I watch and read.

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 try not to brand myself ‘weird’ any more because it sticks.

I’d rather be on my own than be with a violent man.

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.

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.

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.

I feel curious about every situation I’m in.

Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I’ve made an effort.

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

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’ve got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.

I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I’m not a free person.

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.

I’d rather die than let somebody get the better of me.

Anything that’s on television as often as someone on ‘The X Factor’ is what’s successful. That doesn’t mean that I condone that or think that it’s right. To be honest, I’d be the first to...

I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I’ve got a good imagination. I went to art school...

I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to...

I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.

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...