Paloma Faith wants to be a single mother

The 26-year-old star would`ve love to have children and because she has been let down by men in the past, she is happy to raise a family on her own.

She said: "I think a lot of my drive comes from my very independent single mother. And since most of the men in my life have been pretty inconsistent, I`m on a mission to make myself financially stable and have children on my own.

"People tell me you have to find the right man, but I don`t think that`s true."

Paloma also admitted if she used a sperm donor to father her children, she would choose OutKast star Andre 3000 because they would have a "beautiful" family.

Asked who she would choose as a celebrity sperm donor, she said: "That`s a question and a half. I think it would be Andre 3000, even though he`s really short, because I`d like a beautiful mixed-race baby."

The `New York` hitmaker hopes to have her first child before she turns 30 in four years time.

She told Glamour magazine: "Before I`m 30 I`d like a successful album, a house and a baby - maybe with a man, but like I said, that`s not something I`m banking on."

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