I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

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

When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'

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

I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.

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

It's a perfect day for letting go.