Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Tom Fletcher - Page 2

I'm not really looking forward to getting old.

My dad used to tell me stories about aliens and UFOs when I was a kid and I was fascinated by science fiction and aliens.

Setting up our own label allows us to rip up the rulebook and find new ways of reaching an audience.

I can say without doubt, that reading has had a huge influence on my life.

I genuinely didn't start sleeping properly until I had kids of my own. And then that was just sleeping because of exhaustion.

I hate the idea of having to conform with what's current and what sounds good on radio at the moment.

It's hard when you're writing for someone else. You obviously always want to do your best work, but sometimes you write and have a song idea and you're like, 'Oh, it's so good I want to keep it for us.'

If the Fletchers are fed, the Fletchers are happy!

As a parent I know how challenging it can be to identify the right books and how rewarding it can be when you do find the right fit.

I hated seeing myself on TV.

Going to Africa to highlight the plight of kids with AIDS and HIV made us realise just how lucky we are.

Ireland's always been good to us. We always get nostalgic when we play there because it was the very first proper show we did.

I've always been scared of the dark and aliens and monsters and things like that.

I think a lot of the big companies need to be more conscious about the way they make their products. Fewer ingredients that are labelled really clearly, so you know exactly what's going on inside the pot.

My all-time favourite children's book is 'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr Seuss. Even as an adult I still appreciate it - what a masterclass in writing.

My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.

I'm the least sociable person ever.

I think I do a lot of things averagely. So I have to combine them. It looks impressive but actually I don't think I excel at any of them.

I think it doesn't really matter what you do for a career, that breakfast routine - get the kids ready, off to school and out the house - if you can have something in the fridge that you know and trust, and that you know your kids enjoy it then it makes your life so much easier.

My wife's Italian, so pasta is a go-to for my eldest - he loves a good pasta. My middle child is a scavenger, he'll just eat whatever.

Our first ever live gig was in front of Buckingham Palace, an Olympic event attended by some of the royal family, and we had to follow James Brown.

I am not flexible.

I didn't enjoy studying for my A-levels, so didn't really want to go to University to do something overly academic, and when I saw that Creative Writing was an option, I suddenly realised that it was something I could try to do.

I'm really lucky that I grew up in a house full of books.

When you become a parent, you're the responsible one and when there are noises around your house, you'rethe one that has to get out of bed and check it out. Before the children came along, I would have sent my wife to go and check out what the creak was.

I can dad dance.

Some songwriters have never been in a band, but the One Direction guys can relate to me, as I've been through the same kind of experiences as they have.

If you're in a band, social media has to be a huge part of your life.

After we covered Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now,' Brian May and Roger Taylor sent us a bottle of champagne and asked us if we'd sing it on stage during the 'We Will Rock You' musical on what would have been Freddie Mercury's 60th birthday.

You can't help but be affected by anything negative that's written about you, even if you can shrug it off.

I always knew, deep down, that I'd love to be an author, but I don't think I really thought about trying to do it seriously until it was time to leave school and consider what I'd do next.

I've always loved reading, and as a child I used to try desperately to write books like the ones I read.

We want to get our music out to the widest audience possible and working with a massive paper like The Mail On Sunday will definitely help us achieve that.

I enjoyed writing stories whenever there was call to do it at school, and started writing bad poetry when I was doing my GCSEs - like most people, I think.

I always wanted to play Marius in 'Les Miserables,' I actually got offered the role but I had to commit to do it for six months, and as that meant I wouldn't have been able to tour with McFly I turned it down.

It's not just about telling your kids what food is good for you, its about actually saying to them you're doing this because... or if you eat this before you go to football later it'll help you run even faster.

At my heaviest I was about 13st 7lbs.

I'm just a bit awkward, but people think I'm rude.

If you are not able to look after yourself, you are not able to look after your kids.