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Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.
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You're now getting a new breed of people like Il Divo and Andrea Bocelli and I think that's why people feel less intimidated by classical music than they once did.
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If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.
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When I did 'Dancing with the Stars' I did lose an awful lot of weight and I think at the time everybody was sort of alarmed by it. You can eat anything and it is still dropping off you when you are doing that amount of exercise.
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I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.
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From as young as I can remember, I always wanted to be a singer... My mum taught me 'Going Down the Garden to Eat Worms' for a competition when I was about 4.
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I think maybe because of the kind of music I sing, people want to believe you're a diva. They can't believe after eight years, and eight albums, you're still relatively sane. I feel like they almost want me to throw something at somebody.
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I'm a Cancerian, the typical crab with the tough outer shell and the soft bit in the middle. I don't think I'll ever come to terms with people being unnecessarily nasty, but I can take it if someone doesn't like my music - I'm not everyone's cup of tea.
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I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I used to be. These days I don't drink alcohol for five days before a show - very dehydrating for the vocal cords, and all that acid reflux. I used to ban it for a fortnight. Nightmare.
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Confidence is one of the sexiest things.
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I'm launching my own festival in South Wales. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. It's going to be held at Margam Park, because I wanted the venue to be as close to my home as possible.
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I want to have kids. I want to get married. That is still very important to me.
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I love coming back to Neath - this is home and always will be.
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Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.
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I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.
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In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I've been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me.
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Singing has always been my big passion and I would love to be able to go to the U.S. and perform more.
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I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.
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Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.
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I'm not naturally a person that wants to exercise, but I find running is something I can do wherever I am in the world.
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I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things.
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Marilyn Monroe was supposedly a size 16, which is probably why I love her style; it suits me better.
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With all the hundreds of dresses and shoes I have, it would be an absolute crime if I don't have a little girl. I have a whole room at home filled with my stage wear.