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

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.

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.

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

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