My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool.

I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are duty bound to anyway.

An overweight guy went to the doctor who advised him to try a keep fit DVD. But the guy said he couldn't be bothered. “Well” suggested the doctor, “try something that leaves you a little short of breath.” So the buy took up smoking.

The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.

I think a lot of women are incredibly tough and they're just really admirable. Especially the way that, given what they've got, they just manage to carry on.

I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.

I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.