Quotes

I sing like Billy Bragg.

I've no musical talent whatsoever. I enrolled for clarinet lessons at school and after four weeks the teacher had a word with my parents, saying maybe I should give it up.

I think everybody wants Bowie [David Bowie]. When he brought out the new album, we were all knocking on the radio controller's door - "Me first!" And of course he didn't do any interviews at all, which was classic.

Watching Top of the Pops (1964), I fell in love with Julian Cope from 'Teardrop Explodes'. He was very beautiful and performed in bare feet.

Britain's Got Talent and The Voice make my skin crawl. The people who put themselves up for them can't possibly know what it's like to be exposed on TV - how cruel the public and the media are.

I don't think I've ever missed an episode of Doctor Who (2005). I feel quite smug because all my children have fallen under the Doctor's spell, too.