Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.

It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.

It's good to play 100 per cent live - no tricks, no samples, no messing about.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?

Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you're in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.