Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music.

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.