I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that-stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders...I think domesticity certainly doesn't make it easy to write, you know, because you've got a lot of distractions and I think a writer is always looking for distractions.

If you're purely derivative in what you do, then you could very easily get lost along the way. But for me, I might want to even do something else for a while.

You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life.

Once you stop drinking and smoking and stuff, it really gets on your nerves, all that nonsense going on.

The so-called feminist writers were disgusted with me. I did my thing, and so I guess by feminist standards I'm a feminist. That suits me fine.

I don't really go out to clubs, but if I did, I'd just want to go rock out with my mates or whatever.

I expect people to at least use some thought.