Ellie Goulding says she'd get "depressed" if she gave up music.

Speaking to Red magazine, she said: "I think even when you've made the money, people still want to be doing the thing they love. I know in my heart that if I stopped doing this I would probably get depressed and it would defeat the object. I'd end up very free - but very miserable".

Ellie - who is dating McFly bassist Dougie Poynter - is very close to her family and friends but once had a "panic attack" when they came out to surprise her at her 28th birthday party.

Speaking about the event, she said: "It was in this posh restaurant where rich old men take much younger women, and they were going to chuck Dougie out for not wearing a blazer.

"I was like, 'This place is terrible. I'm going to complain.'

"Then Dougie said, 'Well there's a good bar downstairs,' and I was going, 'You don't drink, why would you want to go to a bar?' "

Ellie was then surprised by all of her family and friends, but didn't enjoy the experience at first.

She recalled: "Rather than lapping up the attention, I hid in the toilets, having some kind of panic attack, for an hour. My brother came and said, 'Oh don't be a t**t,' and got me out in the end."