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There's Plenty For Me To Do. There Are More Albums. I'll Record As Long As I Can And As Long As My Voice Works As Well As It Does Now And For As Long As People Want To Hear Me.

I Come From A Coal-mining, Working-class Background. My Father Was A Coal Miner.

When You First Start Off, I Know Singers Who Have Only Been In The Business Just A Short Amount Of Time, And They've Already Written Their Autobiography. I Didn't Want To Write It Too Soon. I Wanted To Live A While And Write About Things That I Felt Were Important To Me - Growing Up In Wales, And The Characters That I Met And Listened To.

As For The Music Business Itself, The Key Things Have Not Changed That Much. It Operates Like Any Business And Money Still Keeps Things Moving.

I Got Married When I Was 16 So I Had To Do Shift-work To Make Ends Meet.