When I started off in Wales, I sang and accompanied myself with guitar in the '50s. And then I got a band together, which is a rhythm section, really. I used to do a lot of blues, and rhythm and blues, and '50s rock 'n' roll and country, and all kinds of stuff.

I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.

I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.

There's plenty for me to do. There are more albums. I'll record as long as I can and as long as my voice works as well as it does now and for as long as people want to hear me.

I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.