I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.

In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.

My ideal kinda guy, if I was really gonna go there even though he's married, is Mark Wahlberg. To me he's a little black and white, the kinda guy who would understand if I pull my weave out.

To do what you love can sometimes be stressful.

I am fed up with men who use sex like a sleeping pill.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break.

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

Dating is different when you get older. You're not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.

Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

I do have height envy. I'm 5'1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy.

I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.

I love dishes and house things so I kind of lost it a little bit on the house ware. One-thousand thread-count sheets, that's what I indulged in.

I love my family, I'll do anything for them.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

I was a 10 million-plus selling artist.

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire.

I'm in love with kid's stories and animation.