Duffy: 'I've stopped apologising'

Duffy has said that she is a different person from a year ago and has learned to stop apologising and being shy.

The Rockferry singer told the Sydney Morning Herald that critics have stopped comparing her to artists like Dusty Springfield and now take her on her own terms.

She said: "I think I've stopped apologising. Sorry, sorry I'm singing. Sorry, did I trip over the mic? Sorry. So f***ing what, I'm singing, let's get stuck in together.

"You're here, I'm here, what's the worst that could happen? You could put it in other ways: was it being shy, was it being coy, was it being afraid? I don't know. But apologising is the only word."

She added: "I can be a little bit of a control freak with my music because at least my music's mine, no-one can take it away from me.

"No-one can tell me what to do with it so that's what I hold on to in everything. It's the one thing that won't hurt me, really."