Chris Rea

I never had a desire to be famous. ”

The record companies didn't want 'Stony Road,' and it ended up being a gold album. They didn't want 'Blue Guitars,' and we did 165,000 books. ”

Rather than missing home when I'm on tour, I miss tour when I'm at home. ”

None of my heroes were big rock stars, and I thought, 'This isn't how it's meant to be.' It wasn't about making music so much as selling it. ”

You can't have F1 without Ferrari - you just can't have it. It's part of the theme that is the red car, and a lot of it is to do with the colour. ”

I didn't have any aspirations to be famous at all. ”

I love being on tour. That's the best job in the world, if only I had a different body. ”

If I'm ever stuck on the M25 - the 'Road to Hell' - I'll wind the window down and start singing, 'I'm driving home for Christmas' at people in cars alongside. They love it. It's like giving them a present. ”

I actually, truly do love my family. It's not a public relations exercise. ”

My father's family were Italian ice cream men, and the knowledge was passed on, so I ran an ice cream van while I was dating my wife. ”