I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.

How do you conduct an intimate relationship where no one ever loses it? Where no one ever lashes out, where no one ever smacks anyone in the mouth?

I'm not really a churchy person, although I do think Jesus was a good bloke.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'

I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection says something about you as a person, and certainly my books are something I'd want to pass on for future generations.

I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.