An 18th century brain, in a 21st century head.
ADAM ANTIt 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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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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I’ve never really been nervous about any concerts. I enjoy it so much.
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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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I’m blind without my glasses.
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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 became a man. Before that I was a little boy.
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It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.
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I’m a punk rocker. I don’t do Christian.
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People tend to keep their distance.
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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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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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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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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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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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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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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.
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I always like to tell a story.
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The brain isn’t like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.
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I’ve been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that’s the case, I should’ve come here in a space rocket.
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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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It’s good to play 100 per cent live – no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
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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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I loved being in a band.
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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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