I never liked Queen. I can honestly say I hated Queen and everything that they did.

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

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.'

Each time I play a song it seems more real.

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.

You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet.

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