I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.

I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.

I feel this music has nurtured me as I've been immersing myself in it. I've felt supported by it.

I don't like singing before noon.

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.

I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.

I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.

I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.

I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.

I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.

An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.