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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.

Love is not a feeling in your chest; it is bending down to wash another's feet.

Imitation pleases, because it affords matter for inquiring into the truth or falsehood of imitation, by comparing its likeness or unlikeness with the original.

Uncultivated minds are not full of wild flowers, like uncultivated fields. Villainous weeds grow in them and they are the haunt of toads.

Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience and understanding

Y'know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.

If you want to win hearts, sow the seeds of Love. If you want heaven, stop scattering thorns on the road.

But before and after the Mongol upheaval, the Khazars sent many offshoots into the unsubdued Slavonic lands, helping ultimately to build up the great Jewish centers of eastern Europe.

There will always be war, but we must always work to oppose it.

I'm even old-school Instagram. I'm here for your "What did you have to eat today?" I'm fine with that.