I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.

Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation.

I think the world is a dead carcass and I think the purpose of human beings is as maggots.

Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.

When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.

I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqualified. I have no other training.

I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working.

When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do.

Technology and technology-driven change has virtually nothing to do with igniting a transformation from good to great

But that is another story.

The pleasure of doing a thing in the same way at the same time every day, and savoring it, should be noted.

When I have come to you, at last (as I have always done), I have come to peace and happiness. I come home, now, like a tired traveller, and find such a blessed sense of rest!

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

The ways in which a book, once read, stays (and changes) in the reader's mind are unpredictable.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

Fax me a fact, and I'll telegram a hologram.

If I went to a psychiatrist, it would be a long session. I've always thought that I do have a number of issues that probably need dealing with, because I am quite odd in some ways.