As a dancer, you go from one show to the next, and you never know where your next pound is coming from, and I think that's what makes me say yes to so many things, because there's always a fear that you won't have a job.

I think women should be paid the same as men. That's for sure. But what would you say to a woman coming in after you've been in the job for 15 years when they've done absolutely nothing to earn it? I don't think that's right.

I direct as many shows as I can fit in between 'Strictly Come Dancing' and other performance stuff.

Strictly' has evolved - there are such beautiful stories within each dance. We're not doing a ballroom and Latin competition, it's an entertainment show.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

A marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money.

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.