Rod Stewart

“You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.”

“I am passionate about football. My support for Celtic FC has got me through some hard times in my life. I still play regularly, too.”

“I enjoyed the chase.”

“A show is like having a climax. It's like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly it's all finished, and you don't know what to do next.”

“Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.”

“I am a man of contradictions, I suppose.”

“I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.”

“I deliberate over the lyrics; I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me.”

“I'm just delighted that this woman I love can be a mum again.”

“It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.”

“I want to make people aware of early detection.”

“Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.”

“I think I was always looking for that perfect woman, who obviously doesn't exist. I wanted to be married. I wanted more kids. I'm a family man, at heart.”

“Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.”

“I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.”

“At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.”

“My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.”

“Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.”

“I have lived a great life. I am very happy.”

“You can avoid the press if you really want to and I don't walk around with five security guards either because I think that just draws attention.”