“I think, it is a challenge to get critics or whoever to see past what you wear and makeup and the way you look and just concentrate on the music.”

How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, And longer if I may.

You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It’s really important to start writing young.

Even when I’m in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

Because I’ve always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it’s not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I’m great on the inside.

Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it’s where I’m from. I just get a warm feeling when I’m home.

The smallest changes, like I stopped eating meat and I’ve been doing different kinds of exercise like Yoga and stuff like that, little changes have made me feel a bit more at peace I think.

Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.

It’s so important to take vitamins. People always get ill on tour because of the close proximity in the bus with everyone.

You get to a certain age and you can’t judge yourself on your dad or your parents.

I was quite a weird kid because I didn’t like getting presents. I don’t know why. I just went for books all the time.

I think hype is a good thing. You need it and it’ll teach you valuable things and you’ll grow stronger, which is what I’ve done.

I’d call what I do pop music, but it’s folky and electronic and it doesn’t really sound like much else.

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I’d be so happy.

I feel more confident if my makeup looks good.

I’m a bit of a like girly-girl, really, I like flowery stuff.

You can be the happiest you can be in a relationship but can have an urge to be with someone else. I know a lot of people that it has happened to.

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn’t worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality.

Don’t surround yourself with people who just affirm you. Surround yourself with people who challenge you.

These are challenging times. Let’s make sure we stay on top of our game so we can all come back stronger.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

I don’t just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.