No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.

When I sing, I try to live the song or live the emotion of the song. The space I'm in doesn't exist. It's another world.

Nikki Lamborn has the best female rock voice since Janis Joplin and I know what I’m talking about, I knew Janis.

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.

Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has.

Imagine if you could go watch Mozart today, even if it's the last, crappiest show he ever played. What a thrill that would be.