Craig David

Getting my mum a house was a really great feeling. ”

I never let anyone know I was insecure about it - it was my own little thing - but I did have a problem being overweight. I always felt people were looking at me in a certain way as opposed to who I really was. ”

More than meeting people and going out with girls, I'm focused on my music. ”

Everything around me is surreal. I get picked up in cars and go to celebrity bashes, and I get sponsorship on clothes, and it's great, and I really enjoy it. But you should remember where it all started: the music. That's the key. ”

I grew up in Southampton. My mum was a shop assistant; my dad was a carpenter. They broke up when I was eight. ”

I let the music do the talking, and people are still getting feelings from my songs. ”

My mum made the best roasts. ”

Kasabian are wicked. They've got the hit songs, but it's the presence in the performance and the attitude with it that I love. ”

People use the 'love' word too early. When you've got that trust thing locked down, when you've lived together, and you know each other's good and bad qualities inside out, at that moment, you know if you truly love someone. ”

I see some artists who disown songs they love when they don't chart well. Would you do that to your children? Trust me, children ain't gonna do all the right things, so are you gonna disown them or embrace them and say, 'No, you're still my child. You didn't go out and do the right thing, but I'll still love you in the same way?' ”