"I can't believe I did a peace sign on TV - like Ringo Starr!"

"I love love songs. But I love pop music as well: Girls Aloud, Kylie, the Spice Girls, East 17, Mika."

"I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight."

"Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold records and stuff in your bathroom. I don't know why."

"I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand."

"I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me."

"Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent."

"I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent."

"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."

"I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others."

"I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can't remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I've become an artist. I've become the artist."

"I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are."

"I find it quite difficult to think that there's, you know, about 20 million people listening to my album that I wrote very selfishly to get over a breakup. I didn't write it being that it's going to be a hit."

"It has gotten worse as I'm becoming more successful. My nerves. Just because there's a bit more pressure, and people are expecting a lot more from me."

"I was about to meet Beyonce, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God.'"

"I don't rely on my figure to sell records."

"I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like"

"I'm nervous whenever I perform"

"People say crazy things"

"When the evening shadows and the stars appear, And there is no one there to dry your tears, I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love."

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

"I know you haven't made your mind up yet, But I will never do you wrong. I've known it from the moment that we met, No doubt in my mind where you belong."

"There's a fire starting in my heart"

"I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral."