“Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think.”

“Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think.”

“One keeps looking out for innovation in IPL, but of late it hasn't been all that obvious. Lionel Richie as an opening act? Johnny Mathis must have been busy. Matthew Hayden's Mongoose? Looks a bit like Bob Willis' bat with the "flow-through holes"; Saint Peter batting mitts are surely overdue a revival. The only genuinely intriguing step this year, bringing the IPL to YouTube, was forced on Modi by the collapse of Setanta; otherwise what Modi presents as 'innovation' is merely expansion by another name, in the number of franchises and the number of games.”

“People are stubborn about what they perceive to be the right thing or the wrong thing, and it takes a long time to filter this human condition. There's a waiting period until people catch up. But if you have patience - which it takes when someone thinks differently from you - everybody always catches up. That patience is a wonderful virtue.”

“I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do.”

“I always felt like what I was doing wasn't selling toys; I was making a happy sound at Christmas. When people hear something so familiar, it brings them back to a special place, and that's been meaningful for me.”

“My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.”

“For me, hearing my voice is sometimes a little nauseating, especially at Christmas.”

“Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think.”

“My parents were over the moon when I had some success with Christmas songs because that was the time of the year that meant so much to them. They were able to see their loved ones, and it was great to hear their son's voice on the radio while they visited.”

“My mom loved my Christmas music, so I did an awful lot of it!”