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When I was 23, I moved to Australia to be with this 43-year-old con artist I fell in love with.

I grew up with artists.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.

I'm an artist; I love everyone.

My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me.

After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist, and I realized I wanted to go back to the music I fell in love with when I was eight years old.

Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course.

The artist that had the biggest impact on me was Michael Jackson. He was my Elvis and Beatles. When I was 15, I listened to a lot of Sinatra, but my jean jacket didn't have, 'I love Frank' on it, it had, 'I love AC/DC', 'Guns N Roses', 'Pearl Jam'. I thought Eddie Vedder was the second coming.

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.