I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome.

My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant.

You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.

When we started off, we wanted the girls, the cocaine, the fur coats. It wasn't like it was an act; it was almost like working-class people winning the pools. We went bananas.

When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.'

Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.

When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.