A biography for KT Tunstallhasn’t been written yet.
“My first memories of life were Californian.”
“I'm not really that comfortable, to be honest, singing about my darkest moments.”
“I didn't find fame particularly difficult, partly because I'm proud to be able to say I'm the most unrecognisable face in pop.”
“It strikes me as very odd for someone to think, 'You know what, if I put on a bikini, I may shift some more records,' but it happens. If people are comfortable with that, fine, but it's not something that would ever cross my mind.”
“I'd love to go to Easter Island, Hawaii, Iceland and Antarctica.”
“Most of my friends in London are musicians, but the ones in Scotland have proper jobs.”
“My experience of being a singer and performer is there is something meditative and very positive about singing, just resonating the inside of your body.”
“My parents' concern has been one of my greatest assets - I needed something to kick against. If they'd supported me every step of the way I might not have had enough fire in my belly to get where I have. Then I think: was this whole thing reverse psychology, did you really go to those lengths?”
“It's a shame that when you've actually lived some life and have something to write about, they're saying you're too old to come out and play it.”
“I know it sounds weird, but the kind of music I write isn't the kind of music that I listen to, which is quite underground, left-of-centre stuff like PJ Harvey and Tom Waits.”
“Basically, my mum and dad bought me a CD player for my 14th birthday. They didn't really listen to music at all, but my dad had a couple of tapes that he'd listen to, like Tom Lehrer. My dad was a physicist and Tom Lehrer was like this really weird Harvard class professor, who was really cool because he was also a satirist and pianist.”
“My father had Parkinson's, though he actually died following a bicycle accident.”
“I follow the Bulletproof diet - it is based on grass-fed steak, vegetables, no carbs and a lot of butter.”
“Use Creme de la Mer balm when your skin gets dry on a plane. You can put it on your cheeks to give your face a bit of a glow after you land.”
“I would be happy to live in a world with no mirrors, but at the same time, it's great to look good on stage because you feel you're offering more than just the music.”
“You know there's this really strange mystique about Simon and Garfunkel, when they use the amazing mandolin and all the percussive stuff. It sometimes sounds very global.”
“I would never pigeon hole myself stylistically because I just don't know what I am going to want to do next.”
“British music lovers in general are dreadfully concerned about being cool, but I'm quite happy to grab uncool by the horns at any opportunity.”
“Music for me has always been a vent and has always been a great outlet.”
“I don't let housekeeping in when I stay in hotels. It cuts down on all the caustic cleaning products and aggressive water usage, and I never use the little plastic bottles of toiletries they set out.”