Michael about other people

... Cathy

"When we started going out we´d go out for an evening and end up at my place. I lived in a real bachelor flat in West Hampstead, so she´d walk in, a vision of gorgeousness in this fabulous Armani outfit, put on the Marigolds and start cleaning the sink. I think that´s when I fell in love with her."

... Emma (Cathy's daughter)

" Recently we were talking about our relationship and we decided that I´m more like her big brother or a best mate than her father. I´m the one she comes to first when she´s got a problem."

... Connor

" While being two months old: "I´ve totally fallen in love with him and I´ve been very hands on. I´m the only one who can get two bottles of milk down him, which I do while I´m singing to him. I´ll miss him horribly when they move out."

"I´d been thinking of starting a family, but I´ve done it by proxy. I feel just as involved, but I don´t have to change my life. Which is perfect as it is."

... his fans

"I know many artists say this, but I do have an extraordinary following. The fans love the work and I love talking to them as well."

"Most of them are generally lovely. They all get together. They come along to the shows, you know, to the studios, whatever. And basically police themselves. They don´t know ???. If one goes too far you find it difficult to be there to be friendly to talk to them. And the others would all say, you know: Calm down, because we don´t want it to be ... (gets interrupted)."

"I see loads of familiar faces at the front. They mouth "Don´t do it like that", if I ever go wrong. Some of them like it when I go wrong. There was a  certain relish when I fell then, I think." (Well when entering the TV-studio of Pebble Mills, Michael walked down the stairs, slipped on a step and almost fell. The audience was afterwards cheering and laughing, but so did Michael!)

... Antonio Banderas

" I was sharing with Donny and Antonio, who is, I've got to say, one of the nicest guys I've ever met and Melanie Griffith was there as well with him and she came, so sweet. ... He loves it. He is one of the Latin guys who is all family-orientated and worships on the grand wholesome. She came in after he done his first number, crying around so. She was so proud and it came to the interval. And he was getting ready to do Phantom of the Opera and he was getting on his tuxedo. He got a white shirt on. ... So Antonio is getting ready. He is going to his tuxedo, he puts on his white shirt. " Michael is no right, white shirt, I don't like it. Is no good for phantom. I have to find something else. " He got this tacky little book-like T-shirt. I said: " Oh, Tone. I can't let you go out like this. So I had a shirt, a black collarless shirt, that I bought to wear after it. "What, if you put that on? " So he put on this really, really good and very expensive shirt. And put it and goes: " It's phantastic, it's fabulous, I love it though it's a little big here. " And I said, the music is starting. I said: " Come on you'll wear it. " And I'm gaffer-taping at the back of his neck and I'm throwing him on stage. He came off and he said: " Do you want this back? " And I said: " No, no, you look better ." Then I do: " You have it now. " "

... Montserrat Caballe

" Oh, she was extraordinary. She's a large lady as you know. She's a . you get . Opera singers have a reputation and some of them deserve it. And so I was a little bit nervous about working with her. She came on. We did the duet "All I ask of you" from Phantom and when I'm singing a duet, you know I'm like this and I'm touchy. ... And she's got and these big eyes and she is giving it all like that and I'm going: " Oh lovely ". And at the end said: Oh Montse! ... I said: Ms Caballé. " No, no, no, you can call me Montse ". And I said: " hey, if you don't mind we are singing this love song and I got very tactize." "Oh don't worry, I have so many places left for you to touch."

... Madonna

"You know I met Madonna once. I was really nervous about meeting her, so I kept rehearsing what I was gonna say to her  and I was going: Hello I´m Michael Ball and I love your work! Hello I´m Michael Ball and I love your work! Hello I´m Michael Ball and I love your work. What happens when I go out and I say: Hello, I´m Michael work and I love your ....! It´s a true story, true story!!"