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Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and always will be a very important part of my life.

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.

My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.

You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.

My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the piano, and my husband will tell you the lessons weren't very successful.

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

There's always been a piano around the house, and I've grown up around it. It's a massive part of my life and always has been.

Without the piano, my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.

After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.

I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.