I respect the Stones but their songs are a pile of crap. As for U2, they don’t say a lot or seem like normal persons.

It's nice to do nice things, innit? I'm a nice person, deep down, I do nice things all the time.

I suppose I do get sad, but not for too long. I just look in the mirror and go, 'What a f***ing good-looking f*** you are.' And then I brighten up.

I definitely prefer to be in a band. There's too many solo people, and bands are suffering. There's too many great bands that have split up because somebody's got an ego, and then he goes solo.

I need them, need them to give me a kick up the arse. Otherwise I'd just be sat-in getting fat, counting me money. It's good people living on your doorstep and looking through your bins. Gives you energy.

The idea of sitting at home, not making music, just makes me want to throw up.

I am a tender, beautiful and loving guy that happens to slap a photographer now and then because they get in my way.