You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.

Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating.

I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.

I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.

You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.

I'm a great self-doubter. I constantly need to prove myself to myself. I've never run to heroin or alcohol to hide that. I always have to deal with it. Stage fright is always going to be there. I have nightmares about bad gigs.

I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.