The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.

I am quite an early riser - I usually get up between 5.30 and 6am and take the dogs out.

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.

Prison's a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is.

Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.

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.

Creative people are more prone to depression.