I've never really been nervous about any concerts. I enjoy it so much. All that matters is getting the songs played well, trying to get them to sound as close to the record live, which isn't easy, because my music is quite complicated to play.

I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.

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.'

I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.

Creative people are more prone to depression.

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.