I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.

I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.

That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more.

I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on.

Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.

When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say.

I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.