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. It never quite loses its thing.

I think it is easy for people to build up an image of what I’m about. I consider myself quite a nice chappy really. I’m decent to people, I stay in and listen to Radio 4.

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’m not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don’t tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.

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.

I wanted to use a totally different part of my brain. It’s quite scary at times. I went for learning to fly because it was most difficult of all. The insurance man just sat there and licked his lips when I told him.

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.

I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I’ve popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. When I got my licence I was over the moon, it was one of the greatest days of my life – it took two years to get!

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

The ability to last more than six minutes – isn’t that what all men want?