I split it up into working on the two narrative pieces that can tell a story. The scariest thing was whether I'd be any good performing live again. It was such a long time since I'd done any live work. It's so different for me than recording. Every night my audiences were what I would dream of. You could just feel their support.

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

What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights.

My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.

["A Deal with God"] was the first single off Hounds of Love. I'd put a lot of work into putting that album together and I wanted it to have every chance.

What made it special made it dangerous, so I bury it... and forget.

My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.