Quotes from Lisa Stansfield

I like to tinkle at my piano when I'm working out a new song - I just put my fingers down and see what comes out.

My bed is my weird little haven. It's like a deflated tent.

You never know what to expect in life, so just roll with the punches and make the most of it. Because you've only got one life and you may as well have a really lovely time. And try not to hurt anybody on the way.

That was one thing about my life and everything I've done really, it's like I've been on a diving board scared out of my life and someone just keeps pushing me!

In terms of the production, the style I use is what I see as the 'Lisa Stansfield sound' and I would hope that when anyone puts on one of my songs they don't even have to listen to my voice to know this is a Lisa Stansfield song, because of the way it sounds.

It's like, if someone asks me to do something and it seems like a really exciting project, but I maybe really frightened about it, nine times out of then I'll say yes imminently because then I can worry after I've said yes!

Well, I always leave massive gaps between albums.

I think I popped out of the womb singing Diana Ross.

To me to singing is like a freedom. It's a very therapeutic thing. It's incredible. I can just lose myself. It's sort of like meditation.

I was the first white British woman to reach No 1 on the R&B chart - the American black music chart.

Some women can go 12 cycles of IVF and not have a problem. They love babies. They want to have a baby - it's all encompassing. I did it just three times and then I was out. I realised that I didn't want a child.

The fame thing made me run - it got out of hand and I needed to go away.

The power of music is a wonderful thing. It can make us happy, make us cry. It can make us forget and make us remember.

I'm not the sort of person who if everyone thinks you're fabulous you thrive on it.

I've got a good imagination, so I can see someone arguing over a parking ticket and imagine they're getting a divorce or something.

When I make an album I love to spend a long time making it and put my heart and soul into it.

We never want to toe the line.

I'm a bit of a loose cannon, but it keeps everyone on their toes!

I'd like to have more tolerance.

Working class people vote Tory because they think it makes them look a bit posh.

I always remember when I first started out and first became a little bit famous, I went to a celebrity party. For me it was really intimidating.

A really happy kid. I would go off on my own a lot and live in my imagination. When I got my school report back it always said, 'Lisa should try a little harder because she always seems to be in a different world from everyone else.'

I do really good banana bread. And I make a chocolate cake with fudge icing that's bloody delicious.

People compliment me and if I ignore them, it doesn't mean I'm rude. It just means I'm embarrassed.