If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be.

Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.

Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.

There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it!

When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.