There's something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it.

We called the album 'Amarantine' to mean everlasting. Poets use the word to describe an everlasting flower and I loved the image of that.

The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

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.

Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can.

The bright days of my youthThey were full of hopeThe great journey that was before me thenWas what was destined to be, bye bye.Now I'm sorrowful,The day is long past.Alas and woe, oh.