I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.
I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.
I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.
My life has been, I suppose, the most incredible series of highs and lows.
It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.