We’re still cleaning up the mess today.

I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn’t really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the...

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I’d seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

I am here to perform for humanity.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

I was shocked; I didn’t know what it really was. I thought it was a disease you got from eating too much sugar.

I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn’t matter what the genre; nowadays, it’s so much harder than it ever was.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

He wants it to be great. He phoned me every day just to check in, to see if there’s anything I need. It’s great to have someone with that kind of enthusiasm. It makes you...

Music is just such… it’s not therapy, but it’s a release, it’s a joy, it’s a pleasure. And it’s a job – which is weird, because I don’t think of it as a job.

They just out-hit them, flat out. Nobody was expecting to play. We were goofing off all day. We were goofing off in the dugout before the game.