THE time I listen to music most is when I'm in the gym. In fact, I go all the way back to the days of the old-school Sony Walkman. They were bad because they weighed a tonne and when you worked out the tape used to wobble. You had to watch out where you put it because if you strapped it to your waist it made the music go all weird. The only way I could get it to work was to wear it under my leotard, which could be uncomfortable if it slipped. I still have the burns and the bad memories, so let's not go there.

Anyway, back then I used to listen to the Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, that sort of thing. But I've moved on to an MP3 player, which is a tiny wee thing – I don't know how they get the musicians inside. It's revolutionised my listening experience because it doesn't wobble, although it does have a dreadful tendency to fly up and hit me in the face when I'm on the treadmill. So once again I keep it inside my leotard. It's held snugly in my cleavage.

This is embarrassing, but a lot of what I listen to in the gym now is Meat Loaf, below. There's a good reason for that though – when I'm on the treadmill I lie to myself and say "oh I'll just keep running to the end of the next track" but with Meat Loaf that's usually about a week because his tracks last forever.

I also listen to Cascada, the Eurodance act – because it makes me move faster – and I'm keen on a Krypteria, a German-Korean heavy metal Goth band. The lyrics are all Latin, which I think is quite funny. I have a Latin Higher so I can tell they're mispronouncing a lot of the words. But then what does one expect from a German-Korean Goth heavy metal band? Bless them, they do their best.

• Susan Morrison hosts an evening of comedy in aid of the Rock Trust – a charity that provides support for vulnerable young people – at the Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh on 21 May. Tel: 0131-558 7272