Quotes from Chesney Hawkes

Yeah... my wife says no more reality shows in case I break another bone or something.

I don't have anything against reality TV.

A friend of mine, Thomas Jules, who was the lead singer of Rudimental, is an amazing DJ, so I've got him to come down and give me some tips.

People still look for that elusive record deal, but you still can release records on your own, which is amazing.

In hindsight I might have chosen a different path and everything but I still make music, I have a core following that wait for every new album and it's given me the career I have now.

My record label dropped me, and I'd been spending way too much money.

I'd been spending way too much money. I wasn't very sensible. I got to the point where I couldn't afford to even pay the mortgage.

When I first released 'The One And Only' nobody knew it was going to be so big. I just thought, 'Oh, this is what happens when you release a record? Brilliant! Let's release another.'

I was 19. 'The One And Only' was my first record. It went to No. 1 and I was this big star. I thought that was what happened when you released records. Of course that is not normal. It's a great record and I'm still really proud of it but I think it was a bit of a fluke.

I'm actually enjoying the touring life, although the worst part is being away from my three young children.

That's the thing about ice skating, you can just fall awkwardly like that.

I am gutted not to be taking part in 'Dancing on Ice.' I was having a brilliant time and couldn't wait to finally be skating live on national TV!

I ripped all the cartilage out of my hip in a water ski jumping accident. I am a bit accident prone.

'The One and Only'? Down the years I've had a slight love/hate relationship with it, but I can't not love playing it.

It is true I've written songs for other performers; I've worked with Tricky, Tears for Fears, A1, HearSay among others.

Kristina is a model. It's that old rock star meets model cliche.

I bought everyone in my family a car, I bought my mum a convertible Mercedes. I bought a studio at a ridiculous cost - just insane.

I know a lot of fans like the beginnings of 'The X Factor' where you get all the crazy people and everything, but for me it's almost like taking the mickey out of people with mental illnesses.

I've heard about Honey G and there's always someone like that who gets through. It's a little bit of politics involved in that with 'The X Factor' which I'm not a big fan of but at the end of the day it's a TV show.

These days the whole 'American Idol' and 'The X Factor' and all that stuff has opened up doors for songwriters like me. I get songs on their albums.

When Dad heard 'The One and Only,' he said: 'That's a smash.' Dad played the demo through the speakers at Abbey Road, where we were recording. I was a huge Nik Kershaw fan and was desperate to meet him, but everyone else hated the song.

I've seen the highs and lows not just of the music business but of life.

I've done panto down the years, I love that. So never say never for anything.

Nostalgia is an amazing thing.