Will Young

Will: I remember thinking, who's going to vote for a middle-class, gay, slightly eccentric student who sings jazz and soul?

Will: I see my friends MORE now that I'm famous.

Will: I have done four days of not smoking. Feeling really good about myself. I will reward myself with a packet of cigarettes I think!

Will: A well-crafted song is great. But there seem to be so many about where you can almost hear the writer thinking, 'right, now we're gonna hit them with the chorus at 40 seconds 'cause that'll get played on radio'... Well, that doesn't have any soul in it.

Will: went to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And this fan came up to me and said, all shocked: 'Will Young! What are you doing at a Chili's concert?' I'm like, I've been listening to the Chilis for f**king ages!' It was very telling, people thought I shouldn't be into stuff like that.

Will: I don't want people to not know who I am. I don't want to be pigeonholed as the new George Michael, or the guy that won the reality TV show, or Mick Hucknall for the Noughties, or whatever nonsense gets said. It's just me and it's about having a bit of self-belief and turning up the volume a bit.

Will: Money has brought me power and respect but it hasn't brought me a boyfriend.