I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!