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.

I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.

I have a three-year-old daughter, which makes me more environmentally conscious. For me, it's about the future.

I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!

Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.

But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction.

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.