Quotes from Paul Young

Whatever I do, I do it in moderation.

When people come and see Los Pacaminos the first time, the first couple of songs they're in shock. But it's pretty infectious and they'd have to be in a very bad mood to walk away and not like it.

My dad was a trained carpenter and worked for Vauxhall Motors. We had money, though not a great deal.

My parents were still living with my grandparents, on my dad's side, when I was born, but when I was three, we moved to our own house near Luton airport. It was a typical street where the kids all played outside.

I didn't think I was scared of heights until I did ITV's 'Splash!' in 2014.

Rick James was a force to be reckoned with. He was an underground success here but huge in the U.S. - people used to compare him to Prince. Sadly, he had an early death.

Someone at an airport in Germany asked me to sing Wherever I Lay My Hat. It's strange, they wouldn't ask people in other professions to perform on the spot.

When I was in L.A. in the 80s I got talking to Bruce Springsteen at a dinner party about the Harley-Davidson I'd just bought and he said, 'Do you fancy going for a ride?' No one's going to say no to that are they?

It makes no sense to me at all to give away music for free. The very fact that we have to do that cheapens the music. And there's a huge effect to that of music not playing such a big part in peoples' lives anymore.

I'm fascinated by the challenge of navigating the oceans.

I used to have a spider phobia, but I'm pretty fearless now.

The royalties from downloading are bad enough but the royalties from streaming are non-existent.

I want a church service with New Orleans funeral jazz music. I'd like people to say a few words about me and I may have my ashes scattered in the sea.

Sarayu: "Mack, if anything matters than everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will ever be the same again" (235).

You and this creation are incredible whether you understand that or not. You are wonderful beyond imagination. Just because you make horrendous choices does not mean you deserve less respect for what you inherently are--the pinnacle of my creation and the center of my affection. -God in The Shack

I want to be alive for as long as possible and as I have got older, my body seems to tell me what I should and shouldn't have which means I have less red meat and more vegetables.

I work and work and if I have a surplus I book a holiday.

In the Eighties, live work had to be very extravagant.

Vangelis, who wrote the music for 'Chariots Of Fire,' is a bit of an idol of mine - his music is stunning. So when I got a call from my manager in the 90s asking if I'd like to do some songwriting for him I couldn't believe it.

I'd been really shy as a kid, I had a terrible stutter, and I thought music would be a good outlet. And it definitely seemed to improve things for me, so I stuck with it.

A large part of me becoming a performer was a make-or-break way of getting over that stutter. I sometimes wonder if, subliminally, that was part of the reason I got into the business, and the more I became a performer and grew in confidence, the less pronounced the stutter became.

My dad was very worried that I wasn't saving and didn't have a pension. I've never invested well.

I was a dreamer as a kid.

Look to the future; don't dwell on a past that you can't change.