Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas.

Yesterday I was playing Beethovens fifth, because I love that.

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it.

I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.