I remember the moment I first heard Vision of Love. Then I saw this white girl with a black voice on television, and everything about her bowled me over. You could relate to her and yet she was a magical icon, and throughout my school days all I dreamed of was being like Mariah Carey. She sang with a gospel choir around her, which was always my dream. I just wanted to be her.

Mariah Carey has also covered it... and about bloody time! It took 21 years for someone to do a proper cover of one of our songs.

Her friendship is very important to me. And it has provided me with some of my fondest memories and experiences of being in the music industry. It's just great…

My theory is that Mariah Carey can sing anything. You hear that expression, 'She can sing the phone book'. If you can really sing, you should be able to sing a…