Quotes from Paloma Faith

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

I love Andre 3000 from OutKast. I think we'd complement each other, but I'm hoping he's got a good sense of humour.

My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.

I've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.

I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.

When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.

I mean, my music career and my acting career - if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I'm hoping they'll just go hand in hand.

I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.

Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'

I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.

I stay true to my lyrics. If I go back and look at them in hindsight, the emotions I had when I wrote them have passed. It feels unjustified to change them.

I try not to brand myself 'weird' any more because it sticks.

I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.

It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.

I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.

I'm very affected by what I watch and read.

I just really want to make albums - and however I can, I will.