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I know how to treat my voice to make it sound as good as it possibly can - which is still not that good.

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.

I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice.

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning.

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.