I Am A Sweet Old Softy, But

Tattoos Are So Widespread, So Ugly And So Very, Very Permanent. You Can, In Theory, Have Them Removed - But A Large Chunk Of Your Living Flesh Will Go With It.

It Felt Natural. That Is What I Remember Most About Becoming A Father Halfway Through My 20s. As If Mother Nature Was Giving Me The Big Thumbs Up.

A Tattoo Doesn't Make You Look Like An Individual.

I Feel Like The Only Person In The World Who Sees David Beckham Modelling His Swimming Pants On The Cover Of Elle Magazine And Thinks - Oh, How Much Better A Handsome Guy Like You Would Look, David, Without All Those Dumb Ink Stains Stitched Into Your Skin.

It's Painful And It's Messy. But Sometimes You Just Have To Make The Break And Start Again.