I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.

Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.

In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.

My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.

I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.

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.