Quotes About Experience

I had three brilliant years on 'The X Factor,' and it was one of the best jobs I've ever had. 'Strictly' is completely different; it's a whole different show - I'm dancing. It's not presenting. But this is one of the best things I've done - ever.

Sometimes I make up songs, and they're just strictly fiction. Other times, I draw on things that have happened in my life or friends, women, all sorts of things.

Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.

I like to do things where you do learn something and go on a journey, such as 'Strictly Come Dancing.'

The reason I wanted to do 'Strictly' in the end is that you come out of it having learned something.

The 'Strictly' experience is really like no other - the training and work that goes into it is immense.

I missed out on the crash course that everyone else gets on 'Strictly' on every dance form.

I've learnt not to expect a lot from supermodels - we've had them on 'Strictly' before and they've been horrendous.

All my songs usually borrow from my own life but pull from fantasy or other people's stories that you hear, or something you read. It's fun as a writer to pull from all those different places, and to connect them. But also, I don't have an interesting enough life to strictly pull from that.

I did 'Strictly' with my whole heart, my whole soul. I genuinely put everything into it. To be part of it is so amazing.

I'd like to do 'Strictly' because you learn something.

The first time I did a men's game, it was strictly because of an emergency. I went down with no preparation, but I was a fan and knew the teams. And I knocked them dead, so the next year, I had a package of men's games.

We want our audience to enjoy themselves, we want every gig to feel like an event - of course there are musical elements of rave to our sound, but we wouldn't strictly classify ourselves as that.

I'm horrendous at dancing but I think if you do 'Strictly', you go on to another level, and that's a level I have never been at.

You only do 'Strictly' once, and I don't want to have to worry about competing with Harry Judd!

It's just what it is. It just all happened in my stride.

I have delivered sometimes, and the other times, I have not. I have taken it in my stride as a player and learnt from my mistakes.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

Your first book is kind of a labor of ignorance. You don't realize the difficulty of it. Your second book is sort of a labor of fear. Then you sort of either hit a stride, or you don't.

They say you hit your stride as a writer at about 50. I'm hoping to do that.

Putting yourself in a position to observe and work with the pros, whether you are paid or not, is key to helping you make the kinds of strides that set you out in front of the pack.

The song 'I Feel the Earth Move' brings me back to those younger years when I was taking my first strides on the ice.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.