And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.

I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.

My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.

When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.

My mother's songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave.

I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.

The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.