How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

When you're a parent, you sing better. It becomes a pure pleasure, rather than something I have to do.

You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.

I did kind of The Lion King when she arrived. I was the first person to have her in the world and I went: Behold! Theodora Rose Williams!

When I stopped Simply Red the reason was to bring up my daughter Romy. I wanted to be a dad that was around.

What helped a lot was becoming a dad at 47. I can't begin to imagine how I would have coped when I was just starting out with Simply Red. Gabriella and I would have been another one of those divorce statistics.