I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.

I still believe in marriage.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.