Paloma Faith

“The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.”

“All the things that I find beautiful have a darkness about them.”

“I feel curious about every situation I'm in.”

“Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.”

“I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.”

“I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.”

“I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.”

“I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.”

“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 think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we're living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.”

“I try not to brand myself 'weird' any more because it sticks.”

“Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.”

“I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.”

“Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.”

“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.”

“I mean, my music career and my acting career - if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I'm hoping they'll just go hand in hand.”

“All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it.”

“I love Andre 3000 from OutKast. I think we'd complement each other, but I'm hoping he's got a good sense of humour.”

“I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.”

“Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.”