I have one brother John an airline pilot who is seven years younger. He's adopted though we're still blood related – he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me so when Dad's brother died they adopted John then just a baby.
Before breaking into music I had various jobs: forklift driver driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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I met Gemma my wife when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later she started coming to my concerts but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was and that's how it started.
