I've taken my destiny into my own hands and I'm in a happy place.

The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.

Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination.

It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.

I love my girlfriend to bits. I'd never do anything to hurt her.

Really young kids are into guitars.

I understand how hard rock fans feel inside out, because I was one of those people.

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.

Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I understand why.

My life now could not be better.

Pop is in a shocking state at the moment.

For Art alone is great:The bust survives the state, The crown the potentate.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?

How a big majority of book critics and authors have come to believe and to teach that no book is true to life unless it is true to the worst in life, God knows.

Hard work and a proper frame of mind prepare you for the lucky breaks that come along -- or don't.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

Honest to God, she was the noisiest woman he'd ever been shot at with.

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

I dive as much as I can.

I decided that after returning to the US to pursue an academic career I would eventually study the life of Ho Chi Minh to find the secret of his success.