People don't realise how much energy it takes to sing and hit all those high notes - but I always feel like I've done a marathon.

I don't know what record company would sign a 45-year-old former 80s pop star.

I've just been on a German TV show called 'Come Back', a bit like 'Reborn In The USA', and the pressure of being scrutinised all the time by cameras has made me very self-conscious.

I've wanted to do a Christmas song for years but thought every lyric and melody had been written.

When I started writing songs at 18, I wrote about 100 that were crap. One was called 'Dog In A Disco.'

My family had no money or social connections with the music industry but I came to London and had some success that continues to influence my life.

I turned down 'Come Dine With Me' because I can't cook.

No, the mullet's gone, I've have a nice blonde, spiky haircut, but it's quite modern.

Yeah, I could get an internet page and maybe get a thousand downloads of new songs but it's a lot of work. I'm 57 now, I really feel like I've got the T-shirt. I just like performing. It's instant. I go off, I do the show, it's over. I like that.

There's so many oldies stations with 'Never Ending Story' and 'Too Shy' on their playlists, thank God. People still love the songs.