Paddy McGuinness Quotes

When I was young, all I wanted to do was to compete, have fun and travel.

Sometimes, I'm driving along in my car, and a song from my high-school years comes on the radio: Springsteen's 'Thunder Road.' Just the opening few chords make me want to roll down the window and let the wind blow back my hair.

To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.

I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.

Oh yes, my best birthday gift was when my dad gifted me my first car in college. It was a Maruti Swift. I thought that was the coolest thing ever. It was so much fun, as I could completely show it off to my friends that I have my own car now and not my dad's car.

I remember, being young is a scary, wonderful feeling.

I can never forget the thrill of buying my first Fiat.

It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life flowed at full tide, without responsibility, flashing past one like the drama in a fascinating story of adventure and romance.

My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart!

Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.

I like driving. A lot. I think that's something I just enjoy the most. I can, at a moment's notice, drive across the country if, you know, I had to.

I've been married three times, but I'll never forget my first trip as a young man, on my honeymoon, with my new wife.

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

For a boy or girl, driving cars that they love is fun.

I had an amazing childhood.

I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit.

I did, I'd say, at least about 80 percent of the rest of the driving, and I had the time of my life.

I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.

I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.

I loved dancing as a young girl.

Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating.

Wherever I am in the world, if I get free time when I'm filming I always hire a car, take to the road, drive for miles and explore.

I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

When me and my brother Eagle-Eye were kids, life was about hitting the road, getting on the bus. We loved it.