A lot of people that I know are bugged with the idea that they have got to have an audience, or they have got to be liked. I think the more that you fall into that trap it makes your own life harder to come to terms with, because an audience appreciation is only going to be periodic at the best of times.

I didn't say that wearing a glamorization of the rock artist was any truer from the other thing.

Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.

I've come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time...

I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.

Of course, we found out later Syd Barrett had mental problems. But there was something so otherworldly about him. He was hovering, like, six inches above the ground.

We see each other [ with Iman Abdulmajid] a lot. I couldn't stand to be separated for months. It became quickly apparent to me that I needed to find a balance between my absolute work obsession and a private life that we could share without my disappearing all the time.