I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time.

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.

A lot of people tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true.

When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.

Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.

I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.