You won’t BELIEVE what they tell me!

Artist Grayson Perry tells me at a talk about his new Serpentine Gallery exhibition that he avoids well-worn phrases since his mum decided a woman’s place was not in the home and they became estranged in 2006. Beatles biographer Hunter

Davies tells me a little bit too much information about Sir Paul McCartney during a chat about his new book, A Life In The Day. I’ve heard plenty of celebrities talking about themselves in the third person, but Amber Le Bon, right, takes the idea to new levels by revealing she has conversations with her hair. He might have an F1 World Championship under his belt, but Jenson Button warns me that he’s no good on real roads where cars go in both directions. Beach Boy Brian Wilson puts the record straight after last week’s reports about the Queen’s favourite song being ABBA’s Dancing Queen. Barman turned wine merchant

Jack Brooksbank tells me he keeps his stash of George Clooney’s brand of tequila Casamigos to himself – though I hope he shares some with girlfriend, Princess Eugenie.

I have a personal allergy to cliches because my mother ran off with a milkman. Paul McCartney always took his guitar to the lavatory. My hair said no more dye, it wanted to be brown again. I failed my driving test first time. I went to overtake in a gap that wasn’t big enough, but I went for it anyway. The lady coming the other way was forced up on to the kerb. I blame her for my failure. Diana told me that the Queen’s favourite pop song was California Girls. All of my mates keep asking me for a case of that tequila, but I can’t do it. It’s £50 a bottle!’