I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
I turned down many chances to be on TV before ‘Pop Idol’ because I really wasn’t interested in being famous. I didn’t need it and didn’t want it.
The only magazines I read are car magazines.
The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum’s house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.
Anyone who goes on ‘The X Factor’ to make big money will be in for a big shock.
My dad said to me, ‘Work hard and be patient.’ It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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.
My own saying is: ‘Create the hype, but don’t ever believe it.’
The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
I think that by ignoring the show you’re ignoring the audience who put you there.
You are a saucy little thing aren’t you?
Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, ‘What am I doing this for? I don’t ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.’
Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
In TV, film, and music there’s a lot of snobbery, and I don’t like it. I’ve never been a cultural snob.
Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you’re in big trouble if you’re borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We’ve got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.
Anything I shouldn’t laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I’m bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I’m thinking to myself, ‘If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,’ and then I start laughing and I can’t stop.