My mum was incredibly resourceful and there were loads of aunts and uncles around who helped. — Jay Blades Around Copy Share Image
Jay's Yorkshire Workshop' is a place which changes lives. I've set it up because I believe everybody can achieve something they don't… — Jay Blades Achieve Copy Share Image
We have become part of the throwaway culture where if something's broken, throw it away, buy new. It's just easier, more convenient.… — Jay Blades Community Copy Share Image
Celebrate those mistakes, the mistakes that we make as consumers or the mistakes that we made as a novice at DIY. Those… — Jay Blades Brilliant Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I landed a job at a modelling agency in Bond Street, and those guys introduced me to a… — Jay Blades Bond Copy Share Image
Listen, I'm a 6ft 3in black geezer from Hackney, I have had a lot negative stuff to deal with in my life.… — Jay Blades Black Copy Share Image
My reading ability is that of an 11-year-old. I've had a test. I was alright with numbers, but not reading. — Jay Blades Ability Copy Share Image
My mother put me into a competition in Clacton-on-Sea in which people attempted to be the quickest eater of 100 Jacob's Cream… — Jay Blades Body Copy Share Image
I've got my own businesses, employing people that I want to employ. How cool is that? — Jay Blades Business Copy Share Image
The beauty with cameras now is that people are able to start recording stuff. Imagine all of the stuff that's gone on… — Jay Blades Beauty Copy Share Image
I take on any challenge and I push myself to the extreme where sometimes it can be detrimental. — Jay Blades Extreme Copy Share Image
What we are asking the consumer to do is learn to buy and have habits in a completely different way. To think… — Jay Blades Car Copy Share Image
When I go to the workshop, I'll put the music on and have a dance for about half an hour. And then,… — Jay Blades Dance Copy Share Image
That's one of the things is that when I first got into this TV world. It's like, you have to be doing… — Jay Blades Everything Copy Share Image
I'm one of these ever-romantics, 'This is the one. No, there's another one. She's the one. She's the one. She's the one.'… — Jay Blades Another Copy Share Image
I was running a charity that taught teenagers about furniture restoration. The Guardian online did a piece with me and it went… — Jay Blades Charity Copy Share Image
I think one of the areas that's developed a lot with having dyslexia, for me, is confidence. — Jay Blades Confidence Copy Share Image
I've seen more men crying on 'The Repair Shop' than I have in the entire rest of my life. — Jay Blades Life Copy Share Image
Reading is something most people do every day and I didn't know it would mean so much to me. — Jay Blades Day Copy Share Image
The biggest repair job we have done on 'The Repair Shop' is me. — Jay Blades Biggest Copy Share Image
There is one moment I'd like to go back to and tell myself, things are going to get better. I was 19… — Jay Blades Better Copy Share Image
