I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.

We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.

I struggled more than anything else to find a voice for this band.

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.

My feeling was that I simply didn't have the enthusiasm to do reinvention.

I was making guitars and I was a sheet metal worker and if you ever see sheet metal workers' hands, you've never seen so many cuts in your life.

I'm surrounded by good people. That's the measure of a good life. All the rest is flotsam.