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.

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

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

I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.

I have had death threats from people with fixations.

Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is