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" I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running. "

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

" If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people. "

" A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that. "

" I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it. "

" You cannot schedule death. "

" 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 like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie. "

" 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 uniformed school, so I always had an outfit - and I never really grew out of that, I don't think. "

" I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have. "

" Curvy is something to be proud of. "

" I'm so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal. "

" I enjoy being a girl. "

" I think everybody should focus on inner beauty. "

" 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. "

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" It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.' "

" 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. "

" Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages. "

" 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 that and not feel worried. "

" I think soul is soul. I don't see new soul as any different to old soul. "

" I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone. "

" 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 so I understand how to communicate my ideas. "

" I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12. "

" I was mainly raised by a working mum who didn't have much time or inclination for making food. So I had three or four basic meals: fish fingers and a tomato; a packet scotch egg and a tomato; pasta with a tin of tomatoes; and extra mild plastic-y cheddar chopped into cubes with bits of cucumber. "

" I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy. "

" I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage. "