No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher.

You don't like me, but you love me; either way, you're wrong.

Singers attract fans with aspects of their own personality. People feel I'm passionate and obsessive. They know this isn't a profession for me, it's a vocation. It's not an egotistical thing, but something else. I'm in a dialogue with my audience, and that's something I need

Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother.

The heart has a heart of its own.

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it.

I used to dream, and I used to vow; I wouldn't dream of it now.