We were working class, but my mother stopped working at the mill when she married my father and he went on to become an electrical engineer and later a draughtsman. So although we were never rich he was bringing in enough money to be able to splash out occasionally.

Lisa Stansfield

I do really good banana bread. And I make a chocolate cake with fudge icing that's bloody delicious.

Lisa Stansfield

I did work incredibly hard but I think there's a certain element of luck.

Lisa Stansfield

I'm a bit of a loose cannon, but it keeps everyone on their toes!

Lisa Stansfield

I suppose you have to be careful what you sing, because you might have to do it.

Lisa Stansfield

When all my friends were into punk, I'd be singing versions of soul ballads. I thought, 'Oh my God, I don't want them to know I'm doing this.' But I really enjoyed singing those songs.

Lisa Stansfield

Because everyone has love or wants love there are always problems. And if you don't have problems, you're probably leading a boring life.

Lisa Stansfield

People compliment me and if I ignore them, it doesn't mean I'm rude. It just means I'm embarrassed.

Lisa Stansfield

She used to drive me to clubs for engagements and when I was 16 I got a job presenting a TV show in Newcastle. My mum didn't really like driving, but she carried on. Once I remember we got stuck in a snow storm, but she carried on to get me there in time. She was an amazing, incredible person.

Lisa Stansfield

I was happy to carry on without children because I was completely immersed in my work and my career. I only heard the clock ticking in my late 30s, and when my mother Marion died the year I turned 40 it hit me with such a force that we ended up having IVF, which turned out to be unsuccessful.

Lisa Stansfield

Working class people vote Tory because they think it makes them look a bit posh.

Lisa Stansfield

We were working class, but my mother stopped working at the mill when she married my father and he went on to become an electrical engineer and later a draughtsman. So although we were never rich he was bringing in enough money to be able to splash out occasionally.

Lisa Stansfield

I've always said that when people start saying, 'Oh my God, why doesn't this woman put down her bagpipes?' then I will. I just don't ever want to become like Cliff Richard.

Lisa Stansfield

I was fortunate enough to meet Aretha Franklin but I was so overwhelmed that I just burst out crying.

Lisa Stansfield

That's a part of human nature that men and women, women and women, whatever your sexuality, you flirt with each other and it's completely harmless and it doesn't really mean it crosses a line... You can tell where it is.

Lisa Stansfield

The Manchester music scene was very male dominated.

Lisa Stansfield

I think women were just accepted more as songwriters when they sat on a stool with a guitar and had scruffy hair. It was quite insulting really, because it was like saying that if you're pretty and slim and glamorous there's no way anything could be going on between your ears, you just like doing your makeup.

Lisa Stansfield

I like to tinkle at my piano when I'm working out a new song - I just put my fingers down and see what comes out.

Lisa Stansfield

There was a period in music that didn't suit what I did. I didn't fit in.

Lisa Stansfield

When I make an album I love to spend a long time making it and put my heart and soul into it.

Lisa Stansfield

You know that something is good but you never really know how good. You always underestimate how much of an impact something is going to have.

Lisa Stansfield