Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.

I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature.'

It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.

I think quotes are very dangerous things.

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between five and eight, and we just kind of pretend to be grown-up.

Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.

I think business has to be stupider. I want to do really straightforward, stupid business - just talk to me like a 4-year-old. And I refuse to negotiate. I do not negotiate. I can collaborate. But I'm an artist, so as soon as you negotiate, you're being compromised.

It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.

It's not 'can'; it's 'will.' You have to will things into fruition.

David Cameron? He's not my guy.

I don't see myself as a political artist, but certain issues mean a lot to me.

I probably pay more attention to politics than what I used to.

American racism seems to be a lot more in the open. The U.K. is different but it obviously still exists.

If my way of connecting with the younger generation was to do what they do, they would see through it straight away. I have to keep it real to be who I am, and I think they see that.

Ultimately, I want people to be inspired.

The key to acting well is to allow yourself to be vulnerable.

I usually hate the whole process of pitching and making videos. I've had so many made and I only like about two of them.

I feel it's important to create moments, especially in a time where things are so throwaway.

Sometimes I feel like distance helps observation.

I'm a big fan of D Double E who always used MCing styles that other people weren't.

I have to go into the studio to make my second album knowing I'm making an album. When I first started making songs I didn't have an album in mind, that's why a lot of them I like - I'm talking about how I haven't got a deal, how I'm living, you can never really top the first time, but we'll see how it goes.

I don't get nervous.

See, I'm not a very open person, face-to-face. I'm no good at sharing my feelings with others, good or bad. I kind of close up. Music is the only time I can open up and actually say things.