I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it.

When I look back at those pictures of my mother performing - and listen to her recordings - it makes me sad to think that all of that joy she found in her work came to an end. I wish she hadn't had to make that sacrifice, even if it was for the benefit of my father and siblings and me.

If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.

I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like I thought it would.

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

'The Taxi Ride,' from my second album, is one people want to hear a lot. I'm consciously trying to walk on the sunny side of the street, to really lift myself into a place of greater positivity, and that's a sad song.

We have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it's a sad story, as if we didn't know it's a sad story. There isn't a single cool newsreader.

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

Home will always be Northern Ireland but my schedule means for the next few years I won't be there as much. I can't do the same things that I did a year ago. That is I'm something conscious of, but I'm not sad about it. It's fine.