PALOMA FAITH

I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.

I enjoy being a girl.

I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.

I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.

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 desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.

I think I'd be a million times more successful and more iconic if I was a singer in the '40s. I'd be allowed a level of mystery, and I think I'd suit that decade.

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

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'm surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don't have any problem telling me I'm acting like an idiot or I'm not that funny.

I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.

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 wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12.

I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.

Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.

If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point.

I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive.

I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.

There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.

The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.

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

No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.

I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.