Sometimes, having a reputation can be the best thing because people expect you to be really difficult, perhaps a bit caustic, and hard work - and I'm none of those things.
There are lots of things about me that have changed. Some things are a process; some things take time.
I think that's the fascinating thing about the '70s is that it turns out it was quite a dark decade. But, like, who knew?
To me, I think of the '70s as being this glorious decade where I discovered who I was and discovered all these amazing things... punk rock, electro music, fashion, all of that.
On the street, on the train - I pull my hat down, and nobody knows it's me. I always wanted the kind of fame that came with an off button.
I was always good at music.
I was never a wallflower - I put my head on the style chopping block.
At 16, I walked around knowing I'd get chased and attacked for dressing a certain way - I felt I had an undeniable right to be who I wanted to be. My father said to hit them back, but I was never much good at that. So I developed a big mouth instead of a quick right hook.
When I got sober, I really felt like there was something that was missing from my life, Buddhism is something that I practice.
I forgive very easily, and I suppose, in the same way, I expect to be forgiven very easily as well. I grew up with that.
My dad was very explosive, God rest his soul. He could fly off the handle like no one I've ever known, and I have definitely got that in my personality: that ability to sort of smash the house up and then say, 'Put the kettle on,' to have that kind of attitude of, 'Well, I'm OK now, so everybody else has got to be OK.'
I love American positivity.
You're in a band with someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to agree with everything they think or do.
My dad was quite an extreme man.
I knew that I was different when I was six years old, but it wasn't until I got to about 10 or 11 that I realised I was a gay man.
People in Scunthorpe don't care what I say. And I'm not camp, either. I'm a geezer. I'm not a raving queer, I've got a bit of character. I just ignore people who shout at me in the street. I just stick my head in the air; I'm not interested.
I can't even read music. All I know is whether I think it sounds good and if I like what I'm doing.
If you listen to the radio, and something beats you into surrender, like 'REO Speedwagon', and you really hate them, there's 'You Can Go Your Own Way' in your ear all day, and that's what makes a good song.
America has always been my biggest audience, so I'm putting a lot of faith in America.
I DJ'd and sang at Miami Basel 2013.
