I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'

I'm the greatest in this world.

I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.

We thought we'd be really big in Liverpool.

We [the band] had this open door policy - if you walked in the door, you were asked to play

I'd like to end up sort ofunforgettable.

People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know.