“I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. They've got this thing called 'Floetry' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.”

“A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.”

“There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.”

“I'm over the moon to be involved in the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. I can't quite believe it as it's a part of the family tradition at the Jenkins household. I heard the news that I got the role on my 30th birthday and it was the best birthday present ever.”

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”

“Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.”

“I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.”

“I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course.”

“Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.”