I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another.

You don't really know a song until you play it live.

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.'

There were only two times in my life when I've actually felt down about things and gotten myself into a full mental mess. One of the times was in 1982. I had a horrible time for a few months and felt pretty desperate. Then again in 1984, for various reasons, not all of them within my control. Since then, I just wander in and out of black moods.

A lot of journalists give me a hard time about how I look, but I've never met a journalist I'd rather look like.

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

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