In the early days, you would get skinheads, the Eagles and Black Sabbath playing the same show.

It's just human nature - isn't it? - to be more attracted to something that's taboo. If someone tells you not to smoke, you wanna smoke. If they say, 'Don't do drugs,' you wanna do drugs. That's why I've always thought that the best way to stop people taking drugs is to legalise the fucking things. It would take people about five seconds to realise that being an addict is a terribly unattractive and pathetic way to be, whereas at the moment it still has that kind of rebel cool vibe to it, y'know?

I just suddenly thought, people really get off on being scared. They pay money to see green foam come out of people's mouths.

I feel joy when I do a great show. I get fun out of making other people happy. I'm a terminal people-pleaser. I suppose that's why I'm a frontman.

I suppose there's a lot of people that've got a better life than me. But I don't know, I feel very fortunate and very blessed.

None of us is perfect. Everyone has got a skeleton in the closet that they don't want people to find out. I just let it go, with a bit of humor.

You've got to have something to retire to. Something you always wanted to do but your job prevented it.