I've always assumed there's a dark river flowing beneath my fans' desires.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally, they try to dig, but they can't get very far, and it's baffling. In Dublin, it seems that so many public records were wiped out; it's proven to be very difficult, so I know very little.

The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.

It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.

One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England.

Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother.