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I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always been drawn to... →
I get a much more extreme reaction when I have my hair really short. I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent... →
I'd like to record somewhere really different. Rent a really big house and get a mobile in and set up in the dining room. Maybe New England;... →
If you acquiesce to one interview, there's always another waiting in the wings. Also if you're interviewed repeatedly, you just start... →
Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those... →
Whatever I was doing, even when I was at school, I never repressed anything that I felt. I wasn't flamboyant; I was actually quite reticent most... →
The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the... →
When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that... →
I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.
I'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actually quite content with that. It doesn't... →
I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never... →
It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at... →
I never liked Queen. I can honestly say I hated Queen and everything that they did.