Religion has stayed with me even though I rebelled.

I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.

Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.

Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna. I cannot be like them, except to the extent that they are already being like me.

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but I follow it.

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.