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.
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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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I’ve always played live.
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When they saw you kneeling, crying words you mean. Opening their eyeballs, eyeballs, pretending that your Al Green, Al Green.
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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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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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It’s good to play 100 per cent live – no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
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I loved being in a band.
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To me, style is consistency.
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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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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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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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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn’t pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.
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