I was exceptionally opinionated as a teenager, never afraid to rant and ruin a birthday party or cinema trip.

I have an ambivalent relationship with Margaret Thatcher. She came to power in May 1979 - a month before my 11th birthday. I was far too young to have developed a great deal of political awareness. I remember it, though - my mother excited at the dinner table because Britain had its first female prime minister.

I think my first album was a gift for my birthday and a Faith Hill album; I loved her.

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