Maybe I was 7 - I probably am exaggerating a little - and immediately was plunged into the fact that there was an official place to put your fantasies. Up until then I didn't know what I would do with them all. It was very exciting for me, and I began very, very early on.
“My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time.”