Jay Kay

“In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down.”

“I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I've popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. When I got my licence I was over the moon, it was one of the greatest days of my life - it took two years to get!”

“I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.”

“I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.”

“Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.”

“I am quite fussy about clothes.”

“I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey's years.”

“I learn fast and I take note of what I've been told.”

“How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?”

“I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.”

“Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy.”

“The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.”

“I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?”

“I may be the prat in the hat, that's cool, but I drive an Aston Martin DB5.”

“Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere.”

“I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.”

“It's not a case of 'look at me in my car'; it's more, 'look at the car'. I like the idea of other people enjoying them, because everything has become a bit faceless and nobody likes the motor car any more.”

“There's nothing classic about what's around now. I am a bit old-school. There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.”

“There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.”

“I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs.”