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

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.

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

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don't regret it.

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.

My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.