“Depression is something that doesn’t just go away. It’s just… there and you deal with it. It’s like… malaria or something.”

An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.

I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.

I am quite an early riser – I usually get up between 5.30 and 6am and take the dogs out.

Achievement results from work realizing ambition.

I want to do a make-up line for men.

I watched Picasso visit the Planet of the Apes, as the masters rot on walls and the angels eat the grapes.

I loved being in a band.

People tend to keep their distance.

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.

I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman’s face.

I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.

If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.

I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn’t talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.

Cause people lose it, they lose it – they say: ‘I like that, and that’s not this.’

Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It’s a product of stress and in my case over-work.

I’m a punk rocker. I don’t do Christian.

I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis.