I worked at a hot dog place a bagel place the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2 000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift.

When you're a famous successful person at 16 years old the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.

I had to do this very aggressive big score in a very short time and knowing that in the beginning middle and end would be this very very famous theme but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.

Yeah people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are you know actually famous.

When I was growing up I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.

As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course as we all know from fairy stories when you achieve that ambition you find out you don't want it.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by and repelled by and yet I end up knowing about it.