Holding Auditions In Front Of An Audience

They Understand What Their Market Is And Who They Should Be Selling Records To, And Most Importantly, They Know The Kind Of Artist That They Want To Be, But They Have To Do It Themselves. You Don't Want A 13-year-old Singing Some Awful Song From A Musical.

I'm A Great Believer In Getting Checked Out Because If You Know You're Ok, You Actually Feel Better; Your Mind Plays A Big Part Of It.

I Don't Like People Who Are Hypocritical, Who Pretend To Be Nice, Particularly In Show Business When They're Nice On Camera, And Then Off Camera They're Absolutely Appalling To The Makeup People, Or The Waitress In A Restaurant, You Know? I Don't Like - I Can't Bear Those Kind Of People. So I Like People Who Are, You Know, Up Front In Your Face.

Women Say Hello And Then Put Their Hands Down My Trousers. I Thought It Was My Hand They Were Supposed To Shake.

On One Level, Going Bust Didn't Bother Me. It Was The 80s, And There Wasn't The Stigma About Bankruptcy That You Might Think. My Mates Weren't Bothered. My Dad Was In Business.. He Knew That It Happened, Too. He Loaned Me The Money To Bail Me Out, And I Got A Loan From The Bank To Pay Him Back.