I'm quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.

It's a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn't happen often to me.

The only person with you all your life is you. Your parents die. Things inside you die — illusions, gushes of personality. Only you can sort yourself out. Yourself may not be all you need, but it’s all you’ve got.

It's not that I don't like American pop; I'm a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding.

Numbers are really fascinating things, and they do play a big part in our lives. They are a language of their own.

Everyone of us has a heaven inside.

With some of the songs, we brought the pitch down to alto.I'm older, so naturally my voice is lower now.