You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.

Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.

In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.

I do quite a lot of flying in my concerts.

When I sing, I close my eyes. If I see a feather, everything is fine. Without this image in my mind, the sound is not 'truthful' enough and I must begin again. I have to.

I think I've probably re-invented myself three or four times now, if that's what one calls it.

I feel very lucky for that gift that I was given but it´s been quite tough to deal with sometimes too. When you are blessed with something like this and it brings emotions to people - to keep up to the magical standard that everybody wants it to be and the perfection - can be hard.