I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again.

I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop fan. I love pop culture, It's a total reflection of the zeitgeist.

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really.

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.

I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas.