I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.

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 am very self-conscious a lot of the time.

Every animal would rather die themselves than lose their offspring. But it's just genes, isn't it? All of our existence is spent worrying about the next generation, but we don't actually seem to get anywhere.

I don't dislike my peers because they're still around and remind me of what I'm doing. I never liked them anyway. I never liked U2, the things they've done over the years.

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

I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone.