When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.

B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two; Once prized for the function, Now for the view.

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.