I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

You have an advantage if you win. I always think it's best to be remembered as a winner rather than as the runner-up. It's definitely more fun getting the gold than it is the silver.

What luxury would I take to a desert island? A mirror. It's true. I'd miss me.

I think if you're an unhappy person, you're always going to be an unhappy person. You're probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I'm being honest.

I can't stand stage mothers. It doesn't work. You definitely feel that with the new generation of pop stars right now they've all managed to work it out for themselves. You have to have confidence in that. When you're young, you know your market better than I will. I love having young people on the show because I can learn from them.

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