A biography for Chesney Hawkeshasn’t been written yet.
“I have dabbled in management but I found it a little too all consuming.”
“I am gutted not to be taking part in 'Dancing on Ice.' I was having a brilliant time and couldn't wait to finally be skating live on national TV!”
“When I look back at old footage of me back in the early '90s, it almost looks like a cartoon character, or something.”
“I've seen the highs and lows not just of the music business but of life.”
“People have so many preconceptions about me. I always knew it was going to be an uphill battle.”
“My record label dropped me, and I'd been spending way too much money.”
“I'm actually enjoying the touring life, although the worst part is being away from my three young children.”
“I got married, had two kids, watched a lot of football, drunk a lot of pints, etc.”
“I bought everyone in my family a car, I bought my mum a convertible Mercedes. I bought a studio at a ridiculous cost - just insane.”
“I never got the chance to step back and appreciate what was happening to me.”
“Over the years I've worked in everything from R&B, pop, country to rock 'n' roll to heavy rock, alternative... if there's one thing that my manager tells me off for, it's that I am a little too eclectic, that I have trouble focusing.”
“In fact one of the main reasons I head out to Los Angeles quite a bit is because they have the most amazing sushi bar in the world.”
“I'd been spending way too much money. I wasn't very sensible. I got to the point where I couldn't afford to even pay the mortgage.”
“I like posing in cars, with my shades on. That's what cars are for. They're not to get you from A to B. They're to pose in.”
“When I first released 'The One And Only' nobody knew it was going to be so big. I just thought, 'Oh, this is what happens when you release a record? Brilliant! Let's release another.'”
“My wife tells me off as I'm always coming home with either skateboards or guitars.”
“Nostalgia is an amazing thing.”
“Well I do like to give myself a challenge.”
“I've worked with a lot of 'American Idols' over there and I've worked with the 'German Idol' winner and had songs on 'Australian Idol.' It's a place for songs. 'The X Factor' U.K. is the holy grail.”
“I've heard about Honey G and there's always someone like that who gets through. It's a little bit of politics involved in that with 'The X Factor' which I'm not a big fan of but at the end of the day it's a TV show.”