I’ve met you lots of times backstage after concerts and have always been struck by how warm, friendly and open you are with your fans. Do you have any standout memories of meeting fans – either beautiful and moving or funny and bizarre? KevinFillis
I’m sure I do. You’ll need to give me a bit to think about it over a 60-year period … I remember the British audiences seemed so restrained. One night in Leeds, I said something awful like: “Is everybody out there alive?” They just couldn’t express themselves. So I didn’t know where to go next, except to be rude, I guess.
Has confidence ever been a problem for you throughout your career? ToTheIsland
The confidence in my own voice has never flagged. I can say that because it’s not of my inventing: it’s of my maintenance and delivery. When I went through periods where the career was really off the rails, I lost confidence and felt confused, I think like anybody.
