A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.
“I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.”
“People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career.”