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Robbie Williams has told a magazine that the imminent arrival of his first child has made him grow up and realise that he can no longer consider himself to 'perpetually 18'.
The Take That star - whose wife Ayda is expecting their baby any day now - told GQ that having a child on the way has made him reassess how he looks at life.
"You go through therapy and blame your parents – now all of a sudden you're a parent and there's no one to blame any more. Your child could blame you," he said, adding that he had worried whether or not he would be a good role model for his kids because he had never had to do anything for himself since being propelled into stardom at 16.
"I was calm at the beginning," he said, "Then I gave up smoking and, I don't know if it was because of the nicotine leaving my system, but I started to worry. There are all these concerns."
He revealed that he and his wife had interviewed a nanny - 'they're like the oracle of little baby people' - and had then chilled out a bit!
Robbie also told GQ of his love for his 33-year-old wife, saying:
"You know there's so much positive stuff going with the two of us; she's really kind and attentive and wants the best for people and wants to help them.
"Once I'd seen that in her, it made me feel good that she wanted to be with me, which must mean that I'm actually good, so I was like, well, let's cultivate this."
"I went all the way through my twenties thinking I was sentenced to a life of mental imprisonment but I'm in a better place now."
Wise words on fatherhood
- <p> "When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent."</p> <p> <strong>Actor Ben Stiller</strong></p>
- <p> “I cannot understand how I managed to cope without getting cuddled this many times a day.”</p> <p> <strong>Actor Russell Crowe</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> “Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.”</p> <p> <strong>Actor Bill Cosby</strong></p>
- <p> “Father’s Day always worries me. I'm afraid I'll get something I can't afford.”</p> <p> <strong>Comedian Billy Connolly </strong></p>
- <p> “I’m preparing for the baby, I’m busy putting childproof caps on all the bottle of booze.”</p> <p> <strong>Talk show host David Letterman</strong></p>
- <p> “There's no pillow quite so soft as a father's strong shoulder.”</p> <p> <strong>Writer Richard L Evans</strong></p>
- <p> “A good father needs infinite patience, boundless enthusiasm, kindness, the ability to score a goal, take a wicket, and hit a winning serve, and the strength to say 'NO' every now and again.”</p> <p> <strong>TV star Piers Morgan</strong></p>
- <p> “A father is the guy who's quick to appear with the camera and just as quick to disappear when there's a nappy to be changed.”</p> <p> <strong>Comedienne Joan Rivers</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it”</p> <p> <strong>President Harry S Truman</strong></p>
- <p> <em>“</em><em>Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.”</em></p> <p> <strong>Comedian and actor Red Buttons</strong></p>
- <p> “There's a time for being a rock star, on TV, and in the studio, but you've got to put time aside for being daddy, and getting chocolate rubbed in your face"</p> <p> <strong>Musician Noel Gallagher</strong></p>
- <p> “Fatherhood is great but there is one problem. She doesn't sleep. At night she seems to turn into a vampire. She wakes up every night five or ten times, asking for things, singing, calling out.”</p> <p> <strong>Tennis star Goran Ivanisevic </strong></p>
- <p> “When the kids have their friends round, I have to pretend to be Fun Dad so they won't go back to their parents and say: ‘He was really shouty’.” </p> <p> <strong>Chat show host Jonathan Ross</strong></p>
- <p> “I cannot reckon of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”</p> <p> <strong>Psychologist Sigmund Freud</strong></p>
- <p> “For a father a home birth is preferable. That way you’re not missing anything on television.”</p> <p> <strong>Comedian Jeremy Hardy</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> </p> <p> “Is there any sound more terrifying on a Sunday afternoon than a child asking: ‘Daddy Can We Play Monopoly.”</p> <p> <strong>Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson</strong></p>
- <p> “<em>One father</em> is more than a <em>hundred schoolmasters</em>.”</p> <p> <strong>Poet George Herbert</strong></p>
- <p> “I cannot reckon of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”</p> <p> <strong>Psychologist Sigmund Freud</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> "I like to dress up as the lead character in whatever story I am reading. This is a little weird because my daughter loves the Disney princesses. But you'd be surprised at how good I look in a ball gown.”</p> <p> <strong>Actor Adam Sandler</strong></p>
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