Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.

I think the people who really love the way somebody sings, they like to hear it. As long as you don't change your style completely or do something that has nothing to do with what you're known for, which I don't agree with.

I don't think you can sing about certain things when you're a teen-ager or in your early 20s, because you haven't lived long enough. So I think living gives you character and that comes out in your voice.

I've always felt myself as being a serious singer.

I think when you've lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you're sort of living the songs rather than performing them.

I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.

I was full of fire when I was young. I wanted to attack anything.