Roddy Llewellyn

“I am highly suspicious of food which takes a long time to be imported.”

“I'm terrified about the world food shortages. Vegetables could quite easily become tomorrow's currency.”

“Everybody in their life has a list of what they want to do: I'm very lucky indeed to do one thing on that list.”

“It has always been an ambition of mine to make a record. I'm lucky to have a good team behind me. A very different story to the poor struggling artist. I'm very lucky.”

“Had I not been Roddy Llewellyn, I don't suppose anyone would have bothered to take an interest in my ambition to make a record.”

“The only thing I do for posterity is plant trees.”

“The last thing in the world I want to do is marry. I am too selfish, but I won't elaborate on that.”

“My childhood went on far too long.”

“I think I would make a good father. I'd be a disciplinarian.”

“I don't try to copy anybody - I mean, I'm not trying to become another Sinatra. I merely sing the way I speak.”

“I'd rather be left to my own private life as much as be possible.”

“I have very fond memories of Basil's Bar. It was an extraordinary place. You would go for a drink and it would be empty except for the bar bore, which was David Bowie.”

“In Princess Margaret I found a fine friend who could steady my restless nature and offer wise counsel.”

“Our weather patterns are mercurial. What you must remember about Great Britain is we have a uniquely temperate climate not shared by any other country in Europe. We can grow plants from every country in the world. The result is 90% of the plants in our gardens are from other parts of the world.”

“I have never, ever read anything written about me.”

“If we all had crystal balls, we'd all know which horse to back, wouldn't we?”

“I was a late developer. For years, I was searching. I was a lost soul something your parents despair of and your peers deride. It isn't at all happy trying to find the right career.”

“There is no chance of my marrying Princess Margaret.”

“When I'm really depressed because I have no money I buy a bottle of champagne with my last pennies - it's the best way to cheer yourself up.”

“I was chased by the press and the doorbell used to keep ringing throughout the night.”