Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

When you’re together with someone for some time, you will automatically depend on them as if they were a crutch. And then it ends.

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn’t be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don’t regret it.

I didn’t spend much time in America, which probably was a mistake. To someone else, having a number one in America would be enough to get them touring.

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

I still tune in to the radio and listen to pop music and enjoy it as much as I ever have.

I signed up for the musical Tommy in the West End, where I met my husband.

I do know what my family has done for me, but they do need to give me some space to let me be myself. There would be some things I would handle differently.

Careers don’t seem to be built up in the same way as they were in the 80s.

My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.

People want performers, personality and drama, and you got that in the .

Sex does not exist for me at all. I haven’t had a boyfriend for a long time. There were only three or four in my life up until now anyway.

I want to conquer the world and it seems like my own family is putting a stop to that.

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can’t commit myself for such a long time.

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

I was very, very fortunate. I knew that. I’ve always known that.

When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.

You need a bit more to be a pop star than just a good voice.

Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I’m absolutely fascinated by it.

I got to show off in front of my husband, who married me as I was stepping out of the business, so he had no idea that I could strut my stuff on the stage.

I don’t take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.

My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.