An interview will seem very sane to me, and I'll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time.

I'm the thing that fundamentalist Christians cringe over.

I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.

I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way!

My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she would put on Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Cole Porter records. I'd crawl up on the piano stool, sit on a phone book and play.

Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it.