Britain's got talent, enormous talent, that's very obvious.

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.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

I didn't realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?

It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns" (After Brooke White of season 7 on american idol sang the song 'Hero' by Mariah Carey)

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 was living life like in one of those Disney movies, where I genuinely believed nobody was ever going to die