I knew I was famous the day I played football with mates in L.A. I scored a goal and Rod Stewart jumped on top of me. I thought: 'I had a poster of you on my wall when I was 12.

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

You know, it's infuriating. It's hard enough to be a young woman not in the public eye, and just have lots of public eyes looking at you ... let alone being famous and having a million people look at you constantly.

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.