I didn't spend much time in America, which probably was a mistake. To someone else, having a number one in America would be enough to get them touring.

The big labels have less of a stranglehold on artists and how they record and where they go.

I was very, very fortunate. I knew that. I've always known that.

I'd got married and wanted to have kids, so had kids, brought them up, did other things, and slowly got back into music. And it feels great, having one foot in the present, writing and covering interesting songs, and having one foot in the past.

Careers don't seem to be built up in the same way as they were in the 80s.

My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away

I got to show off in front of my husband, who married me as I was stepping out of the business, so he had no idea that I could strut my stuff on the stage.