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

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.

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.

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.

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.

You get greatness out of people by expecting it.

Is he all scarred now?”“Magic gets rid of most physical scars, but I like to think I scarred him emotionally.

I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.

Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.

I now know, by an almost fatalistic conformity with the facts, that my destiny is to travel.

Beer makes people deaf.

Investors feel very comfortable working in Georgia

This affliction--hope--is so cruel and stubborn, I believe it will kill me

A full relationship is what God offers to those who come to God by Jesus. Imagine this! An open invitation to become a member of the royal family and a joint-heir with the Son of God.

When our honor becomes greater than our moods, that is where transformation happens