It is better to have only one son endowed with good qualities than a hundred devoid of them. For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.

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

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.

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

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!

We look after each other and that's a wonderful form of love. I might have all the problems in the world, but I have Mary and that gets me through.