Tom Fletcher

Being in a band is the best job in the world!

When you become a parent, you're the responsible one and when there are noises around your house, you'rethe one that has to get out of bed and check it out. Before the children came along, I would have sent my wife to go and check out what the creak was.

I genuinely didn't start sleeping properly until I had kids of my own. And then that was just sleeping because of exhaustion.

My dad used to tell me stories about aliens and UFOs when I was a kid and I was fascinated by science fiction and aliens.

I've always been scared of the dark and aliens and monsters and things like that.

If the Fletchers are fed, the Fletchers are happy!

I am not flexible.

I can dad dance.

My wife's Italian, so pasta is a go-to for my eldest - he loves a good pasta. My middle child is a scavenger, he'll just eat whatever.

It's not just about telling your kids what food is good for you, its about actually saying to them you're doing this because... or if you eat this before you go to football later it'll help you run even faster.

I think a lot of the big companies need to be more conscious about the way they make their products. Fewer ingredients that are labelled really clearly, so you know exactly what's going on inside the pot.

I think it doesn't really matter what you do for a career, that breakfast routine - get the kids ready, off to school and out the house - if you can have something in the fridge that you know and trust, and that you know your kids enjoy it then it makes your life so much easier.

I always wanted to play Marius in 'Les Miserables,' I actually got offered the role but I had to commit to do it for six months, and as that meant I wouldn't have been able to tour with McFly I turned it down.

My all-time favourite children's book is 'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr Seuss. Even as an adult I still appreciate it - what a masterclass in writing.

It's by far the most challenging responsibility I will ever experience but it's such a huge privilege being able to be a father.

It's hard not to use cliches when talking about parenthood.

Being able to build with my kids using my own Lego pieces that I've had for over 30 years combined with their new sets, that's really special. I can't think of anything else that was part of my childhood and now part of my parenthood.

I think we had a really nice level of fame.

It's a strange kind of responsibility being in the public eye and having people who follow you and admire you.

I never think about the message I'm putting across in a song.

You only do 'Strictly' once, and I don't want to have to worry about competing with Harry Judd!

I've always felt like there'd be pressure if I ever did 'Strictly.'

We wanted to write a book that we would have read as kids, and would love to read to our children.

What my wife and I love so much about reading with our children is that we are given a better understanding of them, as we see what they connect with.

I'm really just a big kid!

Our first ever live gig was in front of Buckingham Palace, an Olympic event attended by some of the royal family, and we had to follow James Brown.

Some songwriters have never been in a band, but the One Direction guys can relate to me, as I've been through the same kind of experiences as they have.

It's hard when you're writing for someone else. You obviously always want to do your best work, but sometimes you write and have a song idea and you're like, 'Oh, it's so good I want to keep it for us.'

Ireland's always been good to us. We always get nostalgic when we play there because it was the very first proper show we did.

Setting up our own label allows us to rip up the rulebook and find new ways of reaching an audience.

We want to get our music out to the widest audience possible and working with a massive paper like The Mail On Sunday will definitely help us achieve that.

As a parent I know how challenging it can be to identify the right books and how rewarding it can be when you do find the right fit.

I hated seeing myself on TV.

At my heaviest I was about 13st 7lbs.

I'm just a bit awkward, but people think I'm rude.

I'm the least sociable person ever.

If you are not able to look after yourself, you are not able to look after your kids.

If you're in a band, social media has to be a huge part of your life.

I've spent a lot of long car journeys listening to audiobooks, so I know firsthand just how amazing they can be.

I think I do a lot of things averagely. So I have to combine them. It looks impressive but actually I don't think I excel at any of them.

I didn't enjoy studying for my A-levels, so didn't really want to go to University to do something overly academic, and when I saw that Creative Writing was an option, I suddenly realised that it was something I could try to do.

I always knew, deep down, that I'd love to be an author, but I don't think I really thought about trying to do it seriously until it was time to leave school and consider what I'd do next.

I enjoyed writing stories whenever there was call to do it at school, and started writing bad poetry when I was doing my GCSEs - like most people, I think.

I've always loved reading, and as a child I used to try desperately to write books like the ones I read.

You can't help but be affected by anything negative that's written about you, even if you can shrug it off.

I hate the idea of having to conform with what's current and what sounds good on radio at the moment.

I'm not really looking forward to getting old.

Going to Africa to highlight the plight of kids with AIDS and HIV made us realise just how lucky we are.

My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.

I'm really lucky that I grew up in a house full of books.