Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre.

Your love is like heroin.

Nothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell.

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.

Once she woke with untamed lover's face between her legs, now he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg.

I want to get inside your bitter mind and see what I can find.

It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.