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

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

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

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

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

I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs.

If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia.

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 concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.

Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.

Maybe I over-do the 'not-80s' thing. It should be a part of my life that I've got some sort of pride in, but I've got this huge chip on my shoulder about '80s nostalgia - and it annoys fans sometimes.

I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.

I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.

I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.

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

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.

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 song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.

Time heals nothing, it merely rearranges our memory.

I'll be the in to your sane.