Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here!
When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe, Ian McKellan, Kenneth Williams. These were all guys telling stories to me.
I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.
Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing down Tony to defend them, and I'll be there for any other dangers that come along.
I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that... but I've never been very good at... I don't want to have to answer questions I don't know the answer to properly. I have an opinion.
You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them.
It's difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say.
I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon.