I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit.
France has been very good for me. It has given me a very worldly-cool attitude.
I've got quite a good brain and all that, which I've never had to use in singing at all.
The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.
I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.