I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now..

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way..

I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm waiting to restore it..

Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy..

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere..

In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down..

I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person..

This will be the racing competition to end all racing competitions, .. I am extremely pleased to be working with Electronic Arts on this exciting opp….

I am quite fussy about clothes..

I am a bit old-school..

Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy..

I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to….

The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger..

I may be the prat in the hat, that's cool, but I drive an Aston Martin DB5..

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got t….

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here..

How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?.

I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my helicopter..

I'm very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love the buzz of a new hotel room..

I can find every jacket under the sun that I like. But I cannot find trousers cut the way I want them. They're all really tight at the bottom. Nobody….

I know all we're doing is travelling without moving. Speed freak faster than a speedin' bullet, slow down. If I don't, I might just lose it, locked u….