I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece)

Marriage still means a lot more in the country I come from than it does here. I don't think there's anything to be gained by it for the couple. But for children I think it's an important thing.

My parents both came from very poor working-class families.

I was at Live Aid the original, looking like Rolf Harris for some reason. I had a really long beard that day for some reason.

Freedom. I will not give you up.

Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy.

Everything was meant to wind people up [in Make It Big ]. I don't know why we had this great pleasure in winding people up, but we really did think they would get the joke. And it backfired on us.