There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me.

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

No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.

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.

Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.

It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.