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

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.

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

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

Music gives voices to people struggling to come out of themselves.

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.

The breakup of my first marriage was my first failure; I had to learn to accept that and support the people involved. The court case brought against me by three of the band was awful, but learning how to let it go, move on, and come back together as friends and creative partners was a life lesson above any other.