My parents kept me very grounded.

I think of myself as an Olympian. I have had a dream since I was a very small child. And because I have parents without whom I couldn't have realised that dream.

I've always been a bit dressed up, even on casual days. I suppose that's the performer in me.

My mother actually does most of my shopping for me. I love fashion, but I don't really love shopping.

The thing that fuels me the most is the desire to be on stage. And singing is the ultimate way of expressing all the emotions that I have inside.

Music is as integral to me as my own DNA. My life has become a continual soundtrack, with music underscoring the most powerful and even the most banal moments of my life.