What I adore is mixing the unexpected, things you don't imagine should go together

I was engaged in all the required courses of math and geometry, but the area that I blossomed in was the art program.

We've got a nation of people who have one eye looking out for the next speed camera, another looking for a speed limit sign and another looking at the speedometer - which is a bit of a shame, when you only have two eyes.

I got the letter about becoming a Sir in 2000, the same year that Pauline asked me if we could finally get married. My assistant, Colette, called up and it turned out both the wedding and the Buck House ceremony were happening on the same day. I was knighted at 11 and married at four. She became an instant Lady.

I was there [in school] the full time with one teacher, and the student body was never more than 10 or 12 students of all ages.

At school there were some programs in music. I did take piano lessons, and we had a piano at home. I got very interested in that.

There's always an important person who helps support your interests and encourages you.