“When you've lived in a country for 50 years and you pay your tax, you ...” — Lenny Henry Quote

“When you've lived in a country for 50 years and you pay your tax, you have a pension and insurance, you've raised a family and sent your kids to uni. To get to an age and be told you don't belong here and you have to go back to where you come from is really saddening and infuriating.”

“Britain is multicultural and it will become more multicultural, not less, and you have to think about who is on your team.”

“When I was eight my mum said, 'You must integrate otherwise you won't fit it in. You must talk like de Dudley people dem.' Suddenly this thing of having a Jamaican attitude got knocked out of us.”

“I belong to a family where I think we're all fairly treated, boys or girls. Although I have to work doubly hard just to be able to be recognised. That meant long hours, but the hard work paid off.”

“We should not look at terrorism from the nameplates - which group they belong to, what is their geographical location, who are the victims. These individual groups or names will keep changing. Today you are looking at the Taliban or ISIS; tomorrow you might be looking at another name.”

“I'd love to do Pat Benatar. Probably either 'Hit Me with Your Best Shot' or 'We Belong'.”