My Mom Was Definitely Very Strict With

All I Tell Artists Is, 'do What You Love. Never Let Anybody Talk You Into Changing What Your Musical Idea Is Just To Try To Get A Hit, Because You're Chasing Your Tail That Way. It's Not Going To Happen, And If You're Successful, You Have To Do It The Rest Of Your Life. Stay True To It And Do It For The Sake Of The Art.'

I Love Gershwin. I Love Musicals.

My Mum Had A Very Strong Moral Code, Which I Kind Of Came With. I Never Really Had To Be Told What Was Right Or Wrong - I Knew. I Was Very Mature From Early On And I Was A Very Good Girl, So She Never Had Any Trouble With Me.

It's Very Tough For A Woman In The Music Business, And He Really Was Such A Motivator From The Beginning, When I Was Super-shy, And He Saw A Lot In Me On A Personal Level That He Knew Could Carry Through On The Stage.

In Europe There's The Upper Crust, And These Are Long, Historically Families And Social Systems That Have Certain Established Rules That's Harder To Break Into.