My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.

I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'

When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don't stop. There has to be something else. I think it's the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.

Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves.

I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.

It's like if you're an astronaut and you've been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?

My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.