Victoria was just as much in love with me as I was with her. We could not bear to be apart for a single second. We were like two lovers shipwrecked on a desert island. There was no world outside our love.

I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.

I definitely have a sexual ego thing. But if I'm suggestive, it's in a nice way. Luckily, no one's ever been hurt...a few girls have passed out, that's all.

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.