“My mum said I used to sing on the bus. I was about five and would simply sit, staring out of the window, singing to myself. When I got to the end of the song and everyone gave me a round of applause, it scared me because I was in my own little world, but I obviously loved singing even then.”

English musician, singer and songwriter

Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He first came to wider notice as the frontman of Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband, and Q-Tips, then became a solo pop star in the 1980s. He is best known for a run of UK hit singles, including "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away", and "Everything Must Change". His debut album, No Parlez, released in 1983, was the first of three albums to reach number one in the UK.