It was very liberating to be able to sing in English. It had a different resonance, different images. It was like being a stranger in a foreign land, which was helpful.

The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.

I used to hate being recognised.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.

Each time I changed, it was as if, on purpose, I didn’t want anyone to know too much about me, which of course now I regret, because I closed myself to everything. But it was my way of dealing with things.

I don't like being on my own. I'm happy meeting people and collaborating.