We love living in Miami. It's a very special place because it has people from all over the world. Also there is water, it's sunny, there is art and exhibitions and restaurants - what more could you ask?

I met Miranda in Indonesia, in the airport at Jakarta. She was modelling, I was coming to do a concert and we ran into each other. That was 23 years ago and I won't say it was love at first sight but she was a very beautiful girl who I invited to the concert. Then she went back to Holland but we kept in touch and I invited her to come and see me in Miami.

She was not getting on very well with her boyfriend at that time, so she came over and never left. And I hope she won't ever leave because I wouldn't be able to make sense of my life without her.

When I met Miranda, I was a bit of a crazy guy and it wasn't easy to understand me. But she changed me with love. It's all about love - it isn't difficult - and the result is that we have our incredible kids.

When you have children at the age of 25, it's an emotional thing. But when you do it for the second time, later in life, it's proof of the respect you have for a woman. People think it takes energy to have children when you're my age but the opposite is true - they give me energy. The three older ones grew up in Miami, too.

After the divorce, they stayed with their mother. But when my father was kidnapped by Basque separatists, Isabel agreed that I should take our children for their own safety.

When you've sold more than 300 million records worldwide, you can afford to uncork the odd £800 bottle of red wine - as Julio Iglesias does when HELLO! visits him at his home in Marbella.

Splitting his time between this sprawling hill-top estate and an equally stylish pad in Miami, his main home, the Spanish crooner lives with his second wife, Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger, mother of his five younger children, aged from five to 14. He also has three grown-up children - including pop star sons Enrique and Julio Jr - from his first marriage, to Isabel Preysler.

A former goalkeeper for Real Madrid, Julio only got involved in music after a car accident ended his sporting career. Now, as he approaches his 69th birthday, he is celebrating with his album, 1, a re-recording of 32 of his early songs. 

When I started singing I was more a writer than a performer, but crooners tend to get better with age, so I decided to do this.

I was only thinking about surviving after my accident, not happiness. Now I have an incredible family, I do concerts everywhere from Finland to China and the only thing that's different is I don't run up steps like I used to.

You have a real reputation as a ladies' man...

I learned a lot from women. I like the smell of women, I like the feel of women, I like the sense of generosity of women; I love the love of a woman and because I was a singer, beautiful girls look at you. But I never abused it I've had eight kids, which must mean I really love women. You can't have kids if you're a playboy. I'm not a playboy. I never played with women. I loved women.

I was not that guy. I remember waking up in London one day and my manager sent me up a newspaper with something about me and 3,000 women. That's not a true story. I've had a lot of loves in my life, but millions of people have had more.

Oh, for sure! I wouldn't have written the songs that I wrote if not. I've never been a nice-looking guy.

I was always skinny, but I was able to get to people through my spirit You don't have to be top of the class to become president of the country.

And the tiny ones! They play guitar like you wouldn't believe. Incredible.

I don't mind. He's an amazing artist, a champion and my son. It's in the genes. When I see Enrique and we kiss each other, I see brightness in him. If they call me the father of Enrique, I'm happy.

When you're in Miami, do you hang out with fellow Latinos such as Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan? 

With Gloria, a little. We don't have dinner every week, but I see her and her husband [Emilio]. But Ricky's like my son. When he was young he used to come and see my concerts. Maybe I was the first Latino artist in history who became global and it's not like they want to be Julio Iglesias, but they saw that if I can do it, they can do it

No. I bet I've only been to three or four in the last 30 years and they would have been industry parties, like the Grammys or the Oscars.

I prefer to have a party at home with my kids.

No, I get happy. I love red wine but I have never got drunk in my life.

I don't want to lose control. And I didn't want to do anything that would affect my throat.

It happens to so many people, not just famous ones. It's a sickness and if it gets out of control you can kill yourself. I really loved Michael. He once lived in my house for a month making an album and when I heard that he was going to do the 50 shows in England, I thought he'd gone crazy. He had a good family: they loved him and he loved them. But I'm not anyone to judge anything but my own life.