When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book. 
Intuition tells me how to live my day, intuition tells me when to walk away. 
I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing. 
I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones. 
You're either too fat or too thin. You just can't win. 
I exercise three to four times a week, doing the Tracy Anderson Method, which involves toning and strengthening our small muscle groups. 
Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change. 
Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur. 
It's not very often that I like new bands. 
My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often. 
You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough. 
My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young. 
I have never planned to have babies by a certain age. 
Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it. 
I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer. 
Illusion never changed into something real. 
Isolation is a big part of songwriting. 
I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes. 
I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles ... like Audrey Hepburn. 
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world. 
If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me. 
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming. 
I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children. 