"The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out."

"I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; she was such an idol to me."

"The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over."

"I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people who'd gone there, so I always had my mind set on it."

"If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know."

"I think cinema is a universal language."

"If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there."

"The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love."