“Achievement results from work realizing ambition.”

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.

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.

I’m blind without my glasses.

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.

Creative people are more prone to depression.

When they saw you kneeling, crying words you mean. Opening their eyeballs, eyeballs, pretending that your Al Green, Al Green.

Prison’s a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is.

It’s good to play 100 per cent live – no tricks, no samples, no messing about.

Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.

Mile high club, it’s got its ups and downs.

People weren’t buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.

The touring was crazy, it was a lot of work. But I enjoyed it.

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.

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.

It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.

I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.