What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

It’s been raining outside and I feel like a sad poet, hating my imagination pissing on the roof.

He didn’t utter threats. He delivered promises.

I like to think the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.

You never know about life.

I think my sound differentiates me from everyone else. I'm able to dip and dabble in other genres, without feeling out of place. Im not confined to one sound.

Back down a country road the girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold.

I went to an audition the other day, they were casting 13 people to be clouds, 14 people showed up, it was overcast.

For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?

If you don't have malice in our heart, it doesn't come across harsh.