"When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill ..." — Lily Allen

Everyone thinks Lily Allen is this brash, bold, funny person. It was all just a bit of a facade and bravado.

I think one of my big struggles with being famous in my early 20s was that there was a constant running commentary telling me who I was.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.