I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.

I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.

Why don't I watch the ocean?My lover's gone.No earthly ships will ever bring him home againbring him home again.

I'm too much of a control freak.

It's all right to make mistakes, you're only humanInside everybody's hiding something.

It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.

I get up, go shopping, clean the flat, cook my boyfriend's dinner. It's great selling records, but it doesn't mean you have to turn into a freak.