Chesney Hawkes

“'The One and Only'? Down the years I've had a slight love/hate relationship with it, but I can't not love playing it.”

“In hindsight I might have chosen a different path and everything but I still make music, I have a core following that wait for every new album and it's given me the career I have now.”

“I was only a young whippersnapper at that point. I was in pubs playing Barry Manilow songs. I didn't know what to expect.”

“I'm working on an Americana-style album because I live in L.A. now.”

“I've never really been that into cars. Maybe I just thought that's what pop stars do. They buy flash cars. I was just playing it up a bit, being flash.”

“People still look for that elusive record deal, but you still can release records on your own, which is amazing.”

“Of course I had a good family, so that kept my feet on the ground.”

“I was 19. 'The One And Only' was my first record. It went to No. 1 and I was this big star. I thought that was what happened when you released records. Of course that is not normal. It's a great record and I'm still really proud of it but I think it was a bit of a fluke.”

“My day job these days is I am writing, producing and developing young artists here in the States, in between working on my own stuff.”

“It is true I've written songs for other performers; I've worked with Tricky, Tears for Fears, A1, HearSay among others.”

“Kristina is a model. It's that old rock star meets model cliche.”

“I remember there was days when I would do six, seven countries in a day, you'd just be flying around and I'd get up in the morning and not know what I was doing. In one day I'd fly to Belgium and then off to Sweden and then do a gig in Leeds, I literally didn't know what I was doing from day to day.”

“Whether it's right or wrong, people listen to people who are famous. I want to utilize it for good.”

“When I was 16 I told my dad I wanted to be a pop star. He told me, 'I'll give you until the end of the summer. If you're not earning money by then, you're going back to school.'”

“I've worked with the company - James Dean Events - on several occasions and their festivals have always been really successful and well run. I've even got to know the people that own the land. It's always a really warm crowd and a real community spirit.”

“I've done panto down the years, I love that. So never say never for anything.”

“Yeah... my wife says no more reality shows in case I break another bone or something.”

“My dad was in the Tremeloes.”

“I'm a massive fan of Ben Folds, I have been for ages.”

“I know a lot of fans like the beginnings of 'The X Factor' where you get all the crazy people and everything, but for me it's almost like taking the mickey out of people with mental illnesses.”