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

I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'

When I was sectioned for six months, that was one of the worst experiences of my life, not being able to go out and have freedom. Having experienced it, it's almost inexplicably awful.

To me, style is consistency.

I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any day you want it.

When they saw you kneeling, crying words you mean. Opening their eyeballs, eyeballs, pretending that your Al Green, Al Green.

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