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I'd gone from being a mum to all of a sudden having people fussing and overly pampering me. It can easily change you.

I love being a mum. Sometimes I just wish nobody knew who I was.

I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum.

Before every show, I would call my mother and say, 'Mummy, I don't know how I will sing today.' But that would change as soon as I went on stage and would merge with my music. She is my best ally, and I don't want to lose her. Nobody other than her would be concerned if I had eaten or had oiled my hair. She is my queen.

I hope I'm very similar to my mum because she is a fantastic mother. She was driven as well as being incredibly protective and caring, and I think that is important.

I think I would make a lousy stay-at-home mom. It just wouldn't suit me.

My mum wouldn't let me go outside. Coming back from school, the gang men sometimes would say things, but I would walk by, never answer, and my mum would go tell them leave me alone.

Mum was an absolutely determined woman. She was determined I would have a good education, and they went without all sorts of things to ensure it.

My mother is a strong, wonderful woman. I could never be anything she didn't want me to be.

I don't want a life without my mom in it, but I'm not someone who curls up in the fetal position and says, 'Mommy, take care of me!' I don't like people catering to me. It feels so awkward and uncomfortable.