I don't believe in trouble. Because I think that trouble is sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've been known to be called trouble, which I think is quite a compliment. But I suppose, thinking about it, that my best and worst trouble has always had something to do with a man.

She is now married to musician Sam Amidon and the two have a son Arthur born in 2011. Only Sean remained in her current live band as of 2008 although Clayhill have played as the support act on both her UK and US tours to promote Comfort of Strangers. In her 2006 release Comfort of Strangers Beth Orton moved towards a more folk-based sound and away from the electronic sound of her past albums.

She had released a solo album Superpinkymandy in 1993. Orton developed a devoted audience with the release of the albums Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album Daybreaker.