People can look to me as a teacher but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.

When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write I would put music on and wonder to myself - am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: 'I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do.'

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.

I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch his fingers and I'd listen to it and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

Although I'm Australian I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!

I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me.

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.