“I’m so sad to hear about Françoise. Although we were very different characters, I always felt a recognition with her as we had both survived being young pop stars and graduated into careers more suited to our true selves. I got to know her a little in Paris, and I liked and admired her very much and I shall miss her. ...

"I’m still trying to take in the tragic news about Sinead. I got to know her a little bit when I lived in Ireland and we would bump into each other at gigs and on the scene. We both knew the Chieftains and appeared on one of their albums. She sang a haunting version of She Moved Through The Fair - ...