"Loads," she laughs before starting to roll them off with pace. "Do a parachute jump, write an opera, go down the Niagara Falls just to be crazy. I would really love to travel the world and go and learn about stuff. Britain is quite a cosmopolitan country but it’s not, there’s so much out there and you need to go out and find it. I think everyone should travel. It was such an eye opener for me at fifteen going around Australia seeing Aborigines going around in their tribes. It was absolutely brilliant, just great."

We make an effort to tempt Naomi into making it a top five.

"If I get fans," she announces. "If I ever get a whole load of fans I’m going to hand out lollipops to them, that’s my ambition."

We all try to compose ourselves and stop sniggering and aim for a touch of seriousness. What’s the best advice Naomi’s ever been given?

"I think it was from my granddad, it doesn’t mean shit but he was an artist."

There’s a long pause, then an even longer one. We apologise and admit thinking that was the advice.

"It doesn’t mean shit? No, but that’s cool, that’ll do."

So to all those aspiring songwriters out there sitting in their bedrooms strumming away……

"It doesn’t mean shit baby, but do it anyway ‘cause it’s a laugh!"

Interview by Andrew McLean 1998 with extra special thanks to Simba
Photography © Andrew McLean & Naomi 2007