I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.

At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.

Most things in music go full circle eventually.

Beyonce is good-looking. Jennifer Lopez is good-looking. Madonna used to be good-looking.

Normally if I go to one of these things I'm in and out in five minutes, but at Pride of Britain I stay to the end. It's a fantastic show. But it's incredibly hard on the night when you meet all the kids and hear their stories. They do get to you.