(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Jessie J admits she used to get in trouble at school for distracting people with her voice.

The British songstress, who has penned tracks for American pop royalty Miley Cyrus and Chris Brown, is currently promoting her debut album Who You Are, which has already gone platinum in the UK.

The 23-year-old singer has admitted that she struggled academically at school, and was often reprimanded for singing in class.

"I was so bad at history, math, science, geography... anything academic, she told MTV. "I really tried; it just never clicked with me. Every single report was, 'Jessica could do with not distracting people with her voice.'

The talented vocalist says that she has always enjoyed being creative, whether it is singing or other artistic ventures. Jessie says she has secret hobbies, which include pencil drawings.

I love drawing. I love painting, pencil drawings. Thats kind of one of my secret hobbies, she explained

Jessie says she hopes to continue making music for a very long time. The star wants to use her music career to change specific things she feels are wrong with todays society.

I definitely want to still be making music. I think one of my ultimate dreams is to be able to make enough money to give money away and still be comfortable. I dont want to be making music for the sake of it, I want to say that I was able to help people other than just through melodies and music, she added. "Youth clubs around U.K. ... now they have youth vans, where basically the kids go on and the doors open and they just have like, PlayStations, and that to me, that's not communicating." (C) Cover Media