RODDY LLEWELLYN

The only thing I do for posterity is plant trees.

My private life is my own business.

I have never, ever read anything written about me.

Had I not been Roddy Llewellyn, I don't suppose anyone would have bothered to take an interest in my ambition to make a record.

Schools should bring back the whip.

I'm terrified about the world food shortages. Vegetables could quite easily become tomorrow's currency.

I am highly suspicious of food which takes a long time to be imported.

I don't try to copy anybody - I mean, I'm not trying to become another Sinatra. I merely sing the way I speak.

Of course I took advantage of the publicity that surrounded my friendship with Princess Margaret.

The last thing in the world I want to do is marry. I am too selfish, but I won't elaborate on that.

I have always been fascinated by plants. I have always preferred plants to human beings. They give me an enormous amount of solace.

If we all had crystal balls, we'd all know which horse to back, wouldn't we?

I was a late developer. For years, I was searching. I was a lost soul something your parents despair of and your peers deride. It isn't at all happy trying to find the right career.

In Princess Margaret I found a fine friend who could steady my restless nature and offer wise counsel.

Everybody in their life has a list of what they want to do: I'm very lucky indeed to do one thing on that list.

I think I would make a good father. I'd be a disciplinarian.

I was chased by the press and the doorbell used to keep ringing throughout the night.

I'd rather be left to my own private life as much as be possible.

I like things my own way. I like the window open at night, for instance, and I'm too intolerant to adjust to other people's habits.

There's nothing like a roast parsnip, you don't want them too chewy though.

When I'm really depressed because I have no money I buy a bottle of champagne with my last pennies - it's the best way to cheer yourself up.

Our weather patterns are mercurial. What you must remember about Great Britain is we have a uniquely temperate climate not shared by any other country in Europe. We can grow plants from every country in the world. The result is 90% of the plants in our gardens are from other parts of the world.

My childhood went on far too long.

There is no chance of my marrying Princess Margaret.

It has always been an ambition of mine to make a record. I'm lucky to have a good team behind me. A very different story to the poor struggling artist. I'm very lucky.