At 16, I was completely taken by the natural world. I was deeply in love with tropical rainforests, coral reefs, orchids, insects, reptiles to an extent. I think I had a strong sense of belonging to, and was fascinated by, the natural world. Ever since I can remember, I’ve had that fascination. My first memory was the sensory elation that comes from discovery. I was only two or three years old, walking in a field on quite a steep hillside with tall grass that almost buried me. I stopped and realised I was looking at something incredibly beautiful at the centre of the daisy. Or was it a wild pansy?
He completely blew me away. Totally. I stopped listening to music after the first time I heard . I didn’t play anything else – after one listen to, I didn’t play any music for months. It stunned me. Music can have such a strong effect –
