The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.

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 haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old.

I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.

I am good in bed - I don't snore. I don't take the duvet. I just lay there and go straight off to sleep. That's all you want out of a bloke.

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