I went on the pill when I was 16, put on four stone... so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive.

Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages.

I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully.

Whatever situation you are in, that is what is normal for you.

I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.

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.

I tried to eat better too, but when you're on tour you literally just eat some hideous pork pie on the motorway on the way to a show. It's a really unhealthy lifestyle: you're up late, drinking loads of coffee to stay awake, drinking loads of alcohol because you're socialising with people.