True repentance has a double aspect. It looks upon things past with a weeping eye, and upon the future with a watchful eye.

Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you just keep pushing it back as you get older and older. I've accepted it.

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

In all relationships, there are always aching holes and that's where the impossible wishes come into it.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter.

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.