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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.

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.

Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes.

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.

I love hearing my audience breathe.

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 was adopting an Ethiopian child, that's not true. My house was haunted, that wasn't true. God, there's been so many rumours.

I am quite loud and bolshie. I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.

I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so personal. It's like giving away your heart.

I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.

It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried.

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did.

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.

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.

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 never been more normal than I am now.

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

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 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.

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

Sometimes, you feel like you've sold your soul. But if I win the lottery, I'm going to buy it back.

Shooting stuff on horseback is more complicated and time consuming than anything else.

One of the differences between HBO and other television is that they demand the same coverage that you would have in a feature film. We need to have all the shots in order to make it as rich and as stunning as it looks. We can't cut any corners.

It's nice to have material things but they're very superficial aren't they?

A lot of people say that comedy doesn't travel well. I found it very accessible.

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.