I think we're all a party to this information all the time. It's every day, in a way we probably weren't a few years ago. We're more informed, which is a good thing because war is always there somewhere on the planet.

I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and still are, very musical and very creative, and music was a big part of my life from a very young age, so it is quite natural for me to become involved in music in the way that I did.

I think what is great is that if anything that I do is interesting to somebody else, then I really don't think it matters at all what I had originally intended.

[Theresa May] is a very intelligent woman but I don't see much to fear.

The world is continually changing. I think in some ways it's changing in a very positive way.

Using telephones, they would be so intrusive and would really disrupt the show.

I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.