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

I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.

You need a bit more to be a pop star than just a good voice.

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.

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.

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

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