If God had not made brown honey, men would think figs much sweeter than they do.
I'm a proper mummy's boy.
I love a challenge, and I think it's when people least expect you to do something that you often do your best.
I would never have been discovered without the X Factor. I was just doing the working men's clubs and I loved doing that. That was the life for me at that time. I never expected to be noticed doing that, that's why I went for X Factor by myself.
Have you any idea what it's like to live under the same roof as four women? Armageddon is the best word for it.
If somebody tells me I'm famous I say, 'I'm not. ' I can't see myself as famous and I don't think I'll ever call myself famous. I definitely don't feel famous. To me, this is just a job.
I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.
I’ve made some mistakes. I had to make a turnaround in my life. This is my new expression to the world and this is my comeback and this is my moment. This is my chance to say, ‘This is what God made of me and I’m still worthy. ’ If I was a one hundred dollar bill, and I was all messed up, someone would clean me up and use me. I’m still worth something!
But listening to him [Barack Obama] speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state Senate.
Everything is so infinitely simple, so infinitely beautiful.
I'm always working on many new projects that I can't talk about because of NDA's.