The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate.

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.

In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.

If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her. ... I like her.