‘I would now identify as Irish rather than British. It was a very proud day when my Irish passport showed up’
Steven Isserlis: ‘The last straw was with Nigel Kennedy in a gambling arcade ... That did not go down well’
‘Who actually has the power? Is it Taylor Swift – or have men just found a way to profit off the idea of a powerful woman?’
‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2. Everyone wanted to talk to my father’