It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult.

I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrities or whatever.

Anyone who thinks they're sexy needs their head checked.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Hawkwind are one of those bands that people introduce you to because you don't see them on the covers of magazines. I'd heard 'Silver Machine' but Russell Senior, who was in Pulp, got me into them. They had a song called 'Master Of The Universe' and we nicked the title in 1985 for one of our songs.

I'd never really wanted to have a really 'private' life before. But when somebody starts delving into it and printing details through the tabloids for shagging people you shouldn't have shagged, then that probably made me shy away a bit more from giving too much away.