For me music is so passionate. I have to give it my all every time I go onstage.

Simon Cowell and I are great friends and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing.

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same

It's getting late have you seen my mates, Ma tell me when the boys get here, It's seven o'clock and I want to rock, Want to get a belly full of beer...

I went up to Prince and said 'I'm a big fan of your stuff' and he looked at me and just walked off...left me standing there like a ****. He's a prat, but a clever prat.

My mum always used to buy a record every Friday.

People say, "You should write lyrics" and I say I'm quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process where you write your version of what someone else's lyrics are saying to you, and that enjoyment has never changed.