I don't wish to embarrass anyone.

The people who are making a lot of money and eating at McDonald's and watching MTV and have square eyeballs, they're over there. And then maybe there's like five other people left in America and I'm just waiting for them to come up with something interesting.

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.

Music reflects the time that it's being made in, and so certainly, the music that's being made in 1986 by a 14-year-old kid will reflect some magic of 1986 for him if he's an inspired and creative musician.

I preferred rock when it was in the dark, when it was a secret between me and the audience, when it wasn't mainstream.

A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss

I had a very colorless background, and when I left Ohio and moved to England, nobody knew who I was and I had a real freedom. I could be free to experiment and experience things and I liked that a lot.