I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me because of the fact I haven't got any true friends! I'm fine the way I am.

I don't feel like I have to be the nice girl.

I believe someone should be able to dress according to the mood they're in. It shouldn't be forced and you shouldn't have to follow a trend.

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.

I try and make all my songs sound different from each other while doing it in a way that's still me. It's a tricky thing to do.

I'll always stand by my Gypsy roots, and I'll always help out one of my own.

In school, I was the quietest girl ever! I had a lot of trouble in school. Kids were mean to me.

My dad's my best mate, and he always will be.

This whole 'X Factor' thing with people assuming I'm going to be a one-hit wonder - that won't happen with me.

When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.

It's absolutely of no importance who or what V was under the mask. He isn't a who or a what, he's an idea. The thing is, you couldn't continue it. Now and then the idea of a sequel has been raised, in vague forms, but I think it would be a bad idea. The story's finished.

Part of the plot was a knock that V wanted to bring down the government and bring chaos. I don't know why I thought of Guy Fawkes, because it was during the summer. I thought that would be great if he looked like Guy Fawkes, kind of theatrical.

I'm interested in how artists and writers do this, using art as therapy. Escaping into the worlds we create. We're all victims and few of us are truly free.

I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings.

Our society's need for escapism has always interested me.

The beginning of Book Three is the last one that I drew, where V's conducting the 1812 overture.

We spend more time developing means of escaping our troubles than we do solving the troubles we're trying to escape from.

You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.

Alan is a great guy, a terrific guy. We haven't worked together since then, and he's always working with different artists. I think he sees different dimensions he can see from different guys.

Alan was always interested in politics in a major way. He actually believes that anarchy is a politically viable system, but I don't. I was always interested in putting forward the ideas that represented my viewpoint. I feel the same about anything I'm doing.