For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be l….

In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think ha….

Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music had beco….

My instinct is to be very controlling..

Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always prese….

I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row..

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator..

Why do I find it hard to write the next line?.

I detest that saying Everything happens for a reason; its nonsense..

My life is routine-obsessed. I'm OCD, and if I'm not at home, I always get up early and exercise. I don't crash and burn at night, not these days, so….

I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful..

It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about i….

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all..

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a ….

Do not dehumanize others..

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors..

Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after..

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas..

Your life is the same wherever you go..

I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was ….

Love is family, support, priority, and understanding..