Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

I've learned to deal with stress much better now, things don't bother me in the way that they once used to.

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

Women say hello and then put their hands down my trousers. I thought it was my hand they were supposed to shake.

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

I actually don't understand a word Paula's saying anymore. It's like a new language.

On one level, going bust didn't bother me. It was the 80s, and there wasn't the stigma about bankruptcy that you might think. My mates weren't bothered. My dad was in business.. he knew that it happened, too. He loaned me the money to bail me out, and I got a loan from the bank to pay him back.