My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

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

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

My heart, my lungs, my blood - they've all been checked. I remember one of the doctors almost being disappointed when he showed me the results because he couldn't wait to tell me what smoking was doing to me. But there was nothing there.

What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing.