I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.

I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.

My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

I like the music. I don't like the business. I get very tired of the travel and moving, constantly moving. But the hour-and-a-half that I'm making music, I'm one of the happiest people on earth.

It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.

There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.

Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.