I Think You Have To Really, Really

I Was Told That I Had Very Likely Been Clinically Depressed For A Long, Long Time, Probably Since I Was 15, Or Even 14. It Explained, To Me At Least, A Lot Of My Behaviour Over The Years.

To Be Diagnosed With Cancer Was A Frightening Thing, And My First Reaction Was Sheer Panic, But I Was Really Fortunate That The Cancer Was Caught At Such An Early Stage That I Didn't Need Chemo Or Radiotherapy. But I Know That Cancer Is A Chronic Condition, And Once You've Had It, You're On The List, Because It Can Come Back.

It Has Been An Extraordinary Experience And, In Many Ways, Extremely Positive.

I've Got Quite A Good Brain And All That, Which I've Never Had To Use In Singing At All.

I Went To The Big Picasso Retrospective At The Tate In The Sixties, And I Think I Went To An Andy Warhol Retrospective At The Tate In The Sixties, Too. My Mother Was Very Good At Taking Me To Things Like That. We Lived In Reading, But We Went On These Cultural Trips To London.