The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I'm there and bring it back with me.

Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.

I have to watch out for being lazy.

I shoot my big mouth off; it just pops up! I have to learn to edit myself.

I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.

I've got quite a good brain and all that, which I've never had to use in singing at all.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.