I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.

I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?

Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.

I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.

Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows and the make-up contracts and whatever else.

You need to have a life outside your career.

I love getting dressed up. Being a pop star is the most brilliant job for that. A lot of girls love shopping, but they might see the most amazing outfit and think, 'When am I going to wear that?', so it's my duty to exploit the fact I do have events I can wear these things to.