"The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing."
"Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slightly clammy, beatifically smiley dullards with barely a personality between them."
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Source: Kicking off the bovver boots. Interview with Sally Vincent, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2004.
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