“Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.”

Love’s like a junkie, addiction’s a fact. Passion’s a monkey, you can’t keep off your back.

I was more ashamed that I couldn’t work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.

I was just genuinely shy. I’d always been a shy kid.

I was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.

As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.

That’s just a part of being an artist: you can’t write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you’d be inhuman. The human side of people is that sometimes they fail.

I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don’t take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.

My mantra is if you raise money, don’t waste it.

What a scandal, if I die. Yeah, I’m gonna kill myself, get a little headline news.

It seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word.

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.

Unless you show off you’re not going to get noticed.

Talk to each other. Never go to bed when you’re angry with each other. Lady Antonia Frasier who was married to Harold Pinter said they never went to bed on an argument.

I’m a juvenile product of the working class, who’s best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.

I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.

I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.

The world doesn’t owe you anything. You have to work for everything you get and you have to appreciate every bit of success the world gives you.

Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.

Strong reasons make strong actions.

When I say or do something, I do it. I don’t give a damn what you think. I’m doing this for me.

Nothing comes from doing nothing.

Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand.

I’m lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.