If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless.

I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.

I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt.