It's really nice meeting people after a concert. Still, it's very weird to be at the center of a group of 30 people all listening to what you're saying. When that group turns into 300 people, it goes on from weird. Some people revel in it, and I don't.

In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated.

I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway

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.

Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.

If I book a hotel it's actually very funny. It's very nice to be a genuine Mr Smith.

There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.