I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.

I don't watch myself on TV, I don't read the news clippings about me, so when people come up and say, 'What about that story last week?' I go, 'I didn't even know there was.'

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy.

I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.

I'm very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love the buzz of a new hotel room.