Church: 'Doherty's not all that'

Charlotte Church is infuriated by musicians like wayward Babyshambles star Pete Doherty who promote the stereotypical image of artists as "tortured souls", and she is convinced she'll have boundless musical success despite her perfect lifestyle.

The Crazy Chick hitmaker is thrilled with her budding pop career and new romance with Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson, and insists there is no evidence that unhappiness creates inspirational music.

She says: "I don't buy that idea that you need to have had a hard life to make that kind of music. OK, I'm rich and famous, I've got a lovely family and a lovely boyfriend. Although I have had hard times, I'm just not a tortured soul.

"Mind you, Pete Doherty's not that good anyway. Creates all this misery for himself to write songs and then doesn't even turn up to play them.

"And they're not that good anyway, are they?"