Portrait of the artist: Róisín Murphy, singer 'I want Shirley Bassey's If You Go Away at my funeral. It's so dramatic and annoying'

What got you started?Performing Don't Cry for Me, Argentina as a gift for my mum when I was nine. My whole family's gobs dropped open - they couldn't believe I could sing. What was your big breakthrough?Going up to Mark [Brydon] at a party in Sheffield in 1994 and saying, "Do you like my tight sweater?" I guess he did, because he took me to his studio that night and recorded me saying it. That was the beginning of Moloko. Who or what have you sacrificed for your art?I have no idea - I can't imag...

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