People say we take ourselves too seriously and I might have to plead guilty to that. But I don't take myself seriously, we don't take ourselves seriously - but we do take the music seriously. (August 1983)

Overcoming my dad telling me I would never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

Politicians don't turn me on, politics doesn't turn me on, the way music does. I have a lot more respect for them than I used to. They work a lot harder than I…

Our music never had a roof on it.