I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.

Like Scarlett O'Hara, I won't be broke again.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.