I keep on reading the Morning Star newspaper to see if there's any hope, but it seems to be in the 19th century; it seems to be written for dropped-out, middle-aged liberals.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

You better get yourself together, darling, and join the human race.

I'll probably be popped off by some loony.

The first thing we did was to proclaim our Liverpoolness to the world, and say 'It's all right to come from Liverpool and talk like this'. Before, anybody from Liverpool who made it, like Ted Ray, Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, had to lose their accent to get on the BBC.

How can you talk about power to the people unless you realise the people is both sexes.

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.