I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.

I honestly can't ever imagine retiring because I don't know what else I would do - even when I'm on holiday, 70% of the time I'm working. I think I'd like to go out on the job so, ideally, 'And the winner is... Ooooh, and he's gone!'

I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also a reality. To enable that, we have to bring back some common sense and encourage family values, a proper sense of justice and make people believe they have a decent chance to build a business or career for themselves. I see this moment as a fantastic opportunity to restore this, because I believe Britain Has Talent.

Talking to celebrities is too much effort. They all think the same.

It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns

Most things in music go full circle eventually.

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.