Shayne Ward

“I love a challenge, and I think it's when people least expect you to do something that you often do your best.”

“I can never go to a clairvoyant. I'd be too afraid of what they might tap into.”

“You judge people as you meet them.”

“It's easy to have the wrong type of people around you.”

“I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.”

“I'm a proper mummy's boy.”

“I don't think that money makes you any better brought up than I was.”

“I don't see the point in being bitter.”

“What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.'”

“Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers.”

“Children are so precious.”

“I put my money in property and I love merchandise; such as Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. It's about stability for the future.”

“I love to write poetry.”

“My maxim is that no one's ever made it. I haven't and that's why I work my hardest.”

“Once I got in the public eye there was no going back.”

“If somebody tells me I'm famous I say, 'I'm not.' I can't see myself as famous and I don't think I'll ever call myself famous. I definitely don't feel famous.”

“I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.”

“I've always wanted to act.”

“Have you any idea what it's like to live under the same roof as four women? Armageddon is the best word for it.”

“Yes, I adore the fact that girls like me.”