“I always take a teapot with me on tour. I suppose it's only natural th...” — Gilbert O'Sullivan Quote

I always take a teapot with me on tour. I suppose it's only natural that I've just written a song called 'Where Would We Be Without Tea?'

I always tell people that I went through long hair. I was a typical art school scruff. It was good then.

I'm not a great socialiser. Nor am I a red carpet person.

Success for me is to write what I think is a good song. When I'm pleased with it, that, for me, is a magical moment. I never lost that buzz.

I'm basically as shy a person as I was when I once worked in an office in London in the late Sixties. I like my own company. I didn't need a lot of friends.

Tea makes everything better.

I usually wake up around 9, and the first thing I do is make myself a cup of tea. I drink a lot of tea - green tea, white tea, and all kinds of herbal teas.

At one point I was putting 17 sugars in my tea. I know it's unbelievable and I do wonder sometimes what my mum was thinking to allow it. The weirdest thing was that if I had 18 teaspoons it was too sweet.

The Tea Parties are only here because people are not listening.

Lisa tried to eat me in the womb, that's the real tea.