Jorja Smith

There's always been music in my house growing up. In the kitchen, there's a speaker, and we'd always have my mum's iPod in it - she never makes food without listening to music. And I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' with my dad.

I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed.

One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn.

I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes.

I like a new challenge.

Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you.

The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people.

A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune.

I get so many people coming up to me being like, Aahhh! And I'm like, what the hell? I'm just me!

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

With a label, pressure is added. Being independent, you don't feel a lot of pressure.

I'm honest.