I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service.
I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.
Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.
'The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand.
I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.
On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.
In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.
I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.
Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.
I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.
I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on.
I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.
Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.
I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.
My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.
I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.
