"The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze."

"I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon."

"You can't complain about your dressing room or you'll look like Celine Dion."

"I can't dance to save my life."

"I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken."

"I love a card. You know, cards? At birthdays? I collect them."

"I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud."

"There is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It's like, 'Just let them run it, then. Don't you give them ammunition.'"

"People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look."

"I've always written down how I feel."

"People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'."

"My life is full of drama, and I don't have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like."

"My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public."

"I love a bit of drama. That's a bad thing. I can flip really quickly."

"There will be no new music until it's good enough and until I'm ready."

"I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that."

"You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child."

"I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me."

"I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything."

"I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy."

"I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears."

"I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on."

"The thought of someone spending $20 to come and see me and saying, 'Oh, I prefer the record and she's completely shattered the illusion' really upsets me. It's such a big deal that people come give me their time."

"I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym."

"Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents."

"If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy. And then I don't know what I'll do. Get married. Have some kids. Plant a nice vegetable patch."

"I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver."

"I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it."