Katy B

“Things go in cycles. It's like fashion, like flares go out then skinny jeans come in, people want something fresh. It's the strongest ever urban scene at the moment and I hope it can progress and keep getting stronger and be the base for something larger.”

“I go to a club to relax and hear the music on a big sound system. I don't go to pull a guy.”

“Studying music, everyone sort of has their own style - it's not like everyone's going for the same part.”

“I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.”

“I don't think I represent all things dubstep. I just like clubbing, so those are the sounds I've chosen to work with.”

“When I was 13, listening to Choice FM, I would listen to a lot of R&B from America, and whenever a British person tried to do it, it didn't really work, they just sounded like they were trying to copy that whole style. Now the music sounds British, something real rather than an imitation.”

“I had wanted to be a dancer when I was younger. But at some point I figured out I was a better singer.”

“My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.”

“I make music, and if people like it, they like it, and some people won't.”

“I love being at home now, improving my cooking. I've got a really bad memory, so my first attempts were a disaster - I'd forget what ingredients to put in. But I do a lasagna that's a crowd-pleaser, and a good lemon drizzle cake, which I take to my mom's for the Sunday roast to fatten the family up.”

“I love clubbing - the abandon of it, the release of dancing, and being with my friends and the people I love. For me, it's never been about going out to meet guys or to show off my latest dress - it's the music.”

“The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.”

“I went to my first drum n' bass rave when I was 16 and remember being terrified. Looking around, trying to figure out how to dance to this music, watching some girl in some hot pants, trying little ways to learn her movements.”

“I'm a big fan of Beyonce and Rihanna. I've listened to Beyonce all my life, and she's a big influence on me.”

“I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; she was such an idol to me.”

“The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over.”

“I don't want people to think they have to like me because I'm on TV every other minute.”

“People expect you to be this weird cartoon sometimes when you're a musician. I hate that. I hate standing out. I hate people looking at me. I just want to be part of the crowd.”

“Someone asked me the other day what my favourite record shop was, and I said YouTube.”

“I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people who'd gone there, so I always had my mind set on it.”