The Art of ArtistsSeries 5 Clips

1. "My response was to have bigger hats, bigger hair, more makeup"

   Duration: 04:05

2. "You have about 30 seconds to ingratiate yourself into the audience's confidence"

   Duration: 03:59

3. "It took an English punk label to actually reach out and take a chance"

   Duration: 03:40

4. "A little kid from the East end sees Jackanory and says he wants to learn to read"

   Duration: 04:23

5. "When you're the villain, you're allowed to act outside of yourself"

   Duration: 03:39

6. "Even before I could actually physically write, I would be forever making up stories"

   Duration: 03:18

7. "When Universal bought us they said you can only do crazy, you can only do outrageous and dysfunctional"

   Duration: 03:34

8. "There was Sting, walking up the road, & he said 'yeah absolutely'... I had a big house in the country & they'd come and stay"

   Duration: 03:05

9. "Sometimes you're fooled into the newness of a melody"

   Duration: 03:02

10. "You may not be as good as you think you are, but thinking you are, is good"

    Duration: 02:46

11. "I like to think of my books more as cautionary tales, this is the what will happen to you if you get caught up in this world"

    Duration: 03:41

12. "You can look at anything and either find it empowering or degrading, it's really about the watcher and how it makes them feel"

    Duration: 04:00

13. "I was grateful that, in general, they gave me the opportunity to be me, sing like I do, wear my kooky glasses"

    Duration: 02:53

14. "It was an experiment, my friends said 'food is really good, you should write for other people'"

    Duration: 03:14