My idea of baking is buying a ready-make cake mix and throwing in an egg.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it

On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.

I'm a Roman Catholic. Or was. I was brought up that way and used to say my prayers every night, but I don't pray to God any more. I might use the usual phrases I picked up from my parents, 'Oh, if God spares me next year...' or 'Please God...' but they're only phrases.

Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move.

I love Simon Cowell, he's a dear friend.