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

Since the day of creation, the fondest hopes of men and women have been to pass on to their children something better than they themselves enjoyed. That hope represents a spark of the Divine which is implanted in every human breast.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

There have been times in my life when I wondered about God's existence. When Prince smiles, when Paris giggles, I have no doubts.

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant.

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.