My first job was singing at the Hammersmith Odeon. It was years ago, so I can't remember who I was performing with. I was a sort of anti-climax after two hours of heavy rock-'n'-roll. Seventeen years old in a white dress. It was the first time that I got applause. Wonderful, that noise in my ears.

I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

The equipment you've got really dictates what you're going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.

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

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

I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.

Well, I really didn't enjoy some of the movies I did when I was young.