“Performance was a shock to me. The first time I remember feeling I could do it was during the making of my first video, 'Fun for Me.' I couldn't sleep the night before the shoot, I was so frightened. I had to play a ghost and a piece of merchandise in a shop window, and I had no idea whether I was going to be able to pull it off.”

Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer

Róisín Murphy is an Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer who came to notice in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko, with English musician Mark Brydon. She was later known for her solo work after the group ended. After Moloko broke up, Murphy began a solo career and released her debut album, Ruby Blue, in 2005. She wrote and produced it with the experimental musician Matthew Herbert, and it drew critical praise. Her second solo album, Overpowered, followed in 2007.