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If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.

I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.

I've always treated the music business as a business.

I'm obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.

I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.

I should get a dog. I would get a rescue dog. I like mutts; I don't care. I would probably get a three-legged dog no one else would want.

I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.

I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years.

I couldn't think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I've seen it destroy people.

Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing.

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television.

Britain's got talent, enormous talent, that's very obvious.

Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock.

My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.