Armstrong: "I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences, so I was able to make my own decisions about what I wanted to do."

Armstrong: "I write about the things I feel strongly about."

Armstrong: "It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way."

Armstrong: "I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road."

Armstrong: "I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own."

Armstrong: "I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination."

Armstrong: "I'm too much of a control freak."

Armstrong: "The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it."

Armstrong: "I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved."

Armstrong: "It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else."

Armstrong: "It's actually amazing because you go so far into another side of your brain when you're studying something completely different, and I loved it."

Armstrong: "In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW."