I'd been a Bowie fan before punk and used to get no end of trouble. I was always getting knocked about and having to run up the street, getting chase….

I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't..

I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar schoo….

I worship nothing. Not a good lie nor a dark one. If nature is proof of God's amazing creation then I have truly seen the light, and the light is bla….

When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts..

I want them to play Britney Spears at my funeral. This way I won't feel so bad about being dead, and everyone there will know there is something wors….

I sometimes wonder if I might be a bit of a disappointment to people, because they are expecting all these '80s hits and what they get is a dark indu….

I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful s….

Time heals nothing, it merely rearranges our memory..

I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life..

Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident..

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care fo….

I'll be the in to your sane..

I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my ….

I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations..

Here in my car, I feel safest of all, I can lock all the doors..

It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do..

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problem….

I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. "Cars" is probably the only true pop song I ever wrote. I wish I ….

I genuinely don't know how many albums I'm going to sell when the new album comes out, because I honestly don't know how many fans I've actually got ….

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have..