When you sing and it’s your job, if you get a cold, it’s kind of the end of the world. I’ve never had to cancel a gig because I’ve been ill – so far, I’m touching wood now – and if I’m on tour, I have garlic for everything. Raw garlic, I’ll chop it up, put it in hot water and drink it. Maybe stir in some manuka honey, apple cider vinegar, ginger, in one disgusting concoction.
Oh, it has to be manuka. If someone just tried to put one of those plastic bears in front of us … I don’t know what they measure it in – it’s like the Scoville scale for chilli – but 20 is a good manuka. And if you get a 40 or 60, you know that’s really good. I’ll just have a teaspoon before the show and maybe another before the encore. I’m sure my dentist isn’t really happy about it, but it gives you a little boost.
