None of my family had anything to do with show business, my life was totally foreign to them.

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

I had a fear of being alone.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.

God allows circumstances to build us up. God has got our back.

At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong.

All through my young life I wanted to sing, although nobody in my family knew it.

I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

Completing the circle is both philosophical and tactical - there is a growing sense of mastery that comes with practice, diligence, and experience.

In 2005, my mad half, HER was born... ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness, 2012.

Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes.

I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.

Revisionism is a healthy historiographical process, and no one, not even revisionists, should be exempt from it.

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

The beauty of golf, you're in charge out here.

In one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'