Dionne Bromfield's Quotes

I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy.

I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy. I wrote about everyday stuff.

I like watching 'The X Factor,' but I would never go on it - I think it's too much of a controlled thing.

I love heels. I remember the first time I saw a pair of heels my mum said: 'You're not wearing those. They're too high!'

I really love Juicy Couture - it's young and fresh.

I used to like the Jonas Brothers, but only because I thought that they were good-looking, not because I actually liked their music.

I'd love to design stuff that I'd like to wear and that other people could wear, too.

I'm not a wannabe Miley Cyrus.

Most of my songs aren't about me. They're about stuff I've seen.

My first album done what it had to do. It introduced me.

My mum wants the best for me. And I like having my mum around me.

Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!

One Direction are super cool.

The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest.

At one of my old schools, I didn't tell anyone I was doing my first album because I was worried they'd be like, 'Who does she think she is?' So I just let them find out for themselves.

Everyone told me I could sing from about the age of ten. My mum was always telling me. But I was so shy, I didn't believe them. And the more that people told me, the more I went into the background and the less likely I was to sing.

I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.

I write a lot about other people, like family and friends. I look at their lives and relationships and think, 'Well, if I was in your position, this is how I would see it.'

If I'm naughty, I'm grounded for two weeks or Mum takes my phone and my laptop because she knows I can't live without them. Sometimes I'll say, 'Mum, do you just want to take my laptop?' because I can still use the Internet on my phone. But now she's going to read this and see what I've been doing.

It's not about being thin, it's about being healthy. And when you are a child you like to eat all these unhealthy things like chocolate and sweets. Oh my God. I love strawberries dipped in chocolate and Lion bars and Toffee Crisps - and as you grow up, you have to learn that those things are only good in moderation or you will become very fat.

Twitter's a funny one. I mean, it's good in some respects, but I can't stand it in other respects. You know there are too many opinions, people get opinions mixed up, and people get being rude mixed up with 'that's my opinion.'

'Design Star' was incredible, and I didn't think it could get any better, and then 'Color Splash' happened.

Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology.

We've been in a war and a recession. That's why acccent colors with yellow and purple are popular. They're optimistic and flirty and happy colors.

I just don't think there are any rules to color. You have a small space with no windows? Put lamps in there, make it dramatic, paint the ceiling black. Do something with it. If it's dark, accentuate the darkness.