We've had American TV shows in Britain for years and that hasn't affected our culture at all.

Today is reality. Yesterday is history.

I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid.

There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.

It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks.

People say to me, Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange. But of course I have not experienced any other life. It's not strange to me.

I could have worse tags than 'Airmiles Andy' - although I don't know what they are.