“You are only a young talent, but we don’t know how old your soul is.”

We won best breakthrough video, it meant so much to me to win that award, it was a turning point in my career.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, I love you, yes I do. You and your pussy cat nose.

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.

I think when you’ve lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you’re sort of living the songs rather than performing them,

I’ve always liked to dance – I’ve got a natural rhythm.

I think it’s good that I had some experience of the real world before I became successful. You know, having to get up in the morning and going to work in construction.

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man’s desire. Indeed it will…in a dull man.

I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.

You can’t be a sexy person unless you have something sexy to offer. With me, it’s my voice: the way that I sing, the way I express myself when I sing.

It’s not unusual to be loved by anyone, it’s not unusual to have fun with anyone. But when I see you hanging about with anyone, it’s not unusual to see me cry. I wanna’ die.

To me when I hear a song, its a positive thing because it reminds me of when I started!

I realize that singing is saving my life, once I started again.

Time is a funny old thing isn’t it?! We are all surrounded by it!

I was full of fire when I was young. I wanted to attack anything.

I’m a lyric man – I’m always looking for meaningful songs.

First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can’t help it.

Put your own twist to it. That’s how you say relevant. Or things get old and boring.

We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.

Won’t someone please answer my prayers before I’m old and gray. I’ve been lonely too long and all my family thinks I’m gay.

A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It’s still in the back of my mind.

I’m very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show ’em.

This is one of man’s oldest riddles. How can the independence of human volition be harmonized with the fact that we are integral parts of a universe which is subject to the rigid order of nature’s laws?

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.