I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef.

When I was 2, I used to put pictures of the Manhattan skyline in a little scrapbook. And I used to wear American 'stars and stripe' vests and Daytona Beach stuff and they used to call me 'The Little Yankee.' Thank you to my producers for having faith in a little nobody from Lancashire.

I'm not a singer. I'm a musician, which is different.

Our world was Northern, black and white, so it was a great thing for my sisters and me to sit down at Christmastime and watch these fabulous MGM musicals. All that color, all those beautiful costumes.

I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef.

But I've always tried to make the best of fear, then, because without fears there's no art.

I used to be a major people pleaser, but that way purgatory lies.