I knew I was famous the day I played football with mates in L.A. I scored a goal and Rod Stewart jumped on top of me. I thought: 'I had a poster of you on my wall when I was 12.

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.

When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.