I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake.

I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.

I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance.

The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live.

I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find interesting, but they don't suit me. It's one thing to listen to different genres, but to perform a genre that isn't yours is counterproductive.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

I want to make big-sounding pop records.

I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.

I was born out of classical music.

I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.

I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.

I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.

I'd never compare myself to Freddie Mercury because I look up to him far too much. As an artist, not necessarily as a person.

I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.

I'm dangerously generous.

I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.

I'm not a great dancer. I know I'm not. But I know that I can move. I can throw shapes, just not in the right order.

I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.