We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.

Why do I find it hard to write the next line?

Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.

I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.

Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.

I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.