My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching.

Life is too short not to experiment.

Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important.

I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.

Americans are so dedicated to their jobs.

I love all those stupid, cheesy chat-up lines like 'Did God take the stars out of the sky and put them into your eyes?' But I never get chatted up.

I really, really love being a mum and I absolutely love being a singer so I couldn't be happier.

My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority.

I don't believe stores should stock clothes below or above a certain weight. They should be made to feel uncomfortable when they go in and can't find a size.

There never seems to be enough hours in the day. At the moment I have no time to make new music because I've been doing so much promotion for this new single.

You've got your Justins who have all the back flipping dancers and stuff, and then you've got Lemar, and he totally moves you without having to do all of that, and he's gorgeous.

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'

Corporations and businesses [don't] create jobs.

God is the one who saved me. He who believes in God, in His cause and His truth is capable of standing up to the greatest power.

Parvesh Cheena is a real treat for the ladies.

Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess, the following well, this is where I moved to uptown and I've been here for four years and this is 1965.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

When I say the word You, I mean a hundred universes.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.