Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.

It's never too early to panic.

I try to keep myself in the best of company and my horses in the worst of company.

I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.

As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles.

I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them.

You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.