I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

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.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

Work motivates me. I love what I do and I'm a positive person, I've always liked what I've done as a job - however grim it was.

It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go.