Celebrity

I don't think I will ever cross-contaminate my private life and my family life with my public and professional worlds.

It's kind of like OK, I want to be a singer. And I felt if I would have stayed with the 'Osbournes' and done the whole Osbourne thing... I would have been typecasted right away before I had a chance to experience other things.

I'll be having lunch with my mum and she'll complain about the paparazzi outside. I tell her that she could have worn a beanie, but of course she never does. She loves it - it's how she chooses to connect with people. That's fine, I can respect that. But I'm the opposite. I always have been.

I'm a very what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of person, and my family always laughs at me. They're like, 'You have minus-zero poker-face skills. We just have to look at your face and we know what's wrong with you.'

I think for me I'm always... I find myself to be a very curious person when something interests me and I find that I'm attracted to that mystery.

When you're famous, you have a certain sense of responsibility because so many people are looking at you for inspiration and for influence.

I'm not some weirdo depressed daughter that's afraid of the world - that locks herself in her room all day.

There was definitely a time where I really didn't want to be in the public eye, or have people know who I was and then they knew what my last name was, and you know, I've battled with that a little bit.

Growing up I really loved Mazzy Star, The Cranberries, Fiona Apple, Everything But The Girl. I listened to a lot of really random things too that I would find by myself. I would find Minnie Riperton albums that I would fall in love with, also, a lot of old country records.

We travelled a lot, went on tour with my dad a lot. But there was never a moment when any of us didn't feel loved, or taken care of.

Instant fame, attention, getting flown around the world and those other fringe benefits never really rang true for me.

Sometimes... I can't believe what mum says or does when she's being really dramatic.

I've lived through a lot of dark environments one way or another while growing up and that has influenced my songwriting.

I always knew what I wanted, and I always had a very clear vision for myself and my career as an artist.

My entire life, I was told I was an old soul. I never really connected with other children when I was growing up.