You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.

Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.

I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!

Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

I am itching like hell to play America because I know that if I did the show over there, they would love it.

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you.

I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987.

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

It's really fantastic because families can come to my shows and they all like it. It's really weird.

So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush.

We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.

I love Tina Turner. I'm one of Tina Turner's biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.

I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.

We stay in U2's hotel. They bought a hotel, The Clarence, a nice place and it's in an area where everything's happening, so many fantastic restaurants and bars and the people are so friendly.