When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.

The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.

Most people don't know that I invented the selfie.

I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.

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