'She was incredibly gracious and more polite than everybody else in that room. She made Richard (his partner) and I feel like we were important. I've never met a person as enigmatic as her.'

'I'm fascinated by Madonna of all the famous people I've ever been introduced to, she was the only person who had that thing you imagine that Elvis or Marilyn …

'She's a massive flirt. She's like Bono in the respect she's amazingly intelligent, but in an instant they know what you expect them to be and they will be tha…

' I think she's amazing, I just love her.'