I have a very strong paternal streak. I'm a born father...I get such enjoyment out of being with children. Now they are enjoyable little things. They really are. I like their kind of humor. You can stuff all your punk bands, give me three children instead.

As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?

I think it's rather a waste of time endlessly singing the same songs every night for a year, and it's just not what I want to do.

The moment you know you know you know.

With "Let's Dance," there was actually a chance that I was actually going to be able to keep the money I had made.

I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.

I guess, - a greater number of the 26 or so albums that I've made are known in Europe than they are in America.