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.

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

You're full of insecurities in your 20s - most of the time your heart's being broken, you're having a difficult time finding out who the hell you are, and I was trying to do that in the full glare of the public.

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

I still tune in to the radio and listen to pop music and enjoy it as much as I ever have.

I do know what my family has done for me, but they do need to give me some space to let me be myself. There would be some things I would handle differently.

I signed up for the musical Tommy in the West End, where I met my husband.