I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

I am very self-conscious a lot of the time.

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts.

The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the Rolling Stones. I wasn't really a big Rory Gallagher fan, but I thought his guitar playing was fabulous. But Thin Lizzy, they were fabulous.

No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.

I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?