When I was sectioned for six months, that was one of the worst experiences of my life, not being able to go out and have freedom. Having experienced it, it’s almost inexplicably awful.
ADAM ANTAntidepressants are very good, but it’s a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you’re in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.
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An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.
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I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.
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I’ve learned to really just say no. If I don’t want to do something, I won’t do it. There’s nothing that can make me do anything.
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Let’s just say that back in the old days, sex was available every two feet. But I never made love to anybody that did not want me to.
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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I’ve always played live.
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Bad things happen sometimes.
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People tend to keep their distance.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don’t make any money, then you change things.
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I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I’ve got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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I am quite an early riser – I usually get up between 5.30 and 6am and take the dogs out.
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There is always room at the top, don’t let them tell you there is not.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there’s a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
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I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.
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I think what’s going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any day you want it.
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It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.
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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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Maybe it won’t be cured, but you’ve got to take the medication you’re prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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I watched Picasso visit the Planet of the Apes, as the masters rot on walls and the angels eat the grapes.
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Depression is something that doesn’t just go away. It’s just… there and you deal with it. It’s like… malaria or something.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Antidepressants are very good, but it’s a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you’re in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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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.
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