Nobody Inspired Me More Than Julie Andrews,

What People Really Should Be Able To Be Confident In Is That The Standards Of Music- Making That Classically Trained Musicians Present Is Elite, It Is The Best And All Of Us As Artists Should Be Committed To That.

My Mum Used To Say To Me, 'spit On Yer 'ands And Take A Fresh 'old.' Keep Going Even If You Have Setbacks.

Music Is There To Access Those Dark Emotional Corners That We Don't Normally Get Too Close To.

I Don't Think I Have Ever Met A Single Person Who Isn't Moved By Music Of Some Kind.

It Worries Me That Young Singers Think You Can Shortcut The Training And Go Straight To Fame And Fortune, And Programmes Like Pop Idol Have Encouraged That.