Martin Kemp

“The best thing my mum and dad ever did for me was keeping me at home and giving me time to find my feet.”

“Charisma always was the important thing to me.”

“My favourite genre is probably Seventies rock: Deep Purple, Black Sabbath. I love that stuff because it's what everyone was into when I was a teenager.”

“The last six months of 'EastEnders' were a struggle and when I watched Steve Owen's character on screen during that time, I could see that the sparkle had gone out of his eyes. I'd always wanted him to be based in reality, but towards the end, it started to get into too much of a formula.”

“When I lack confidence now, I channel a bit of Steve Owen and that transforms me.”

“My mum Eileen, a former machinist, made some of my costumes for 'Top Of The Pops.'”

“I joined Spandau Ballet not because I wanted to be the best musician in the world, but because I wanted to be Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando.”

“It's fun for me playing bad guy or good guy.”

“If you do something you love doing, it keeps you young and it keeps you healthy. That for me is what success is.”

“When I was younger I really challenged the boundaries of fashion, I guess I always have.”

“We all go through moments of depression. It's part of being a human. Sometimes it's not circumstantial, what makes you feel that way, it's a chemical thing. You can get some help.”

“I love greengrocers. When I walk in I always look at their pyramids of fruit to see if they have done it properly because I thought I was an expert pyramid builder.”

“I had 10 wonderful years in Spandau Ballet. It was an incredible way to grow up, to hang out with your best mates, discovering the world, discovering who you are.”

“As a child I was painfully embarrassed by everything, always blushing and unable to make eye contact.”

“With shows like 'Made In Chelsea,' we all know what they're doing is rehearsed. So why not have an audience phone-in element? They can make the decision on what they're going to argue about.”

“I remember watching Cilla Black with my mum and dad - I must have been about six years old - and getting off the chair, going over to the TV screen and kissing her. I was sitting with Cilla once and I told her that and she laughed.”

“As a teenager, I used to carry the equipment for Gary's band, so I was kind of like his roadie. Every night after a gig, I'd go to bed dreaming of being in the band myself.”

“I'm a working-class guy.”

“When somebody takes themselves seriously that's fodder for comedy. I think every musician goes through certain periods of their career where they're all guilty of that - Spandau Ballet included.”

“When I grew up in television you couldn't go on a game show without being suited and booted.”