“I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.”
Family“There's no religion but sex and music.”
Music“I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.”
Family“I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised.”
Music“I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.”
Respect“I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.”
Home“I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.”
Famous“I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.”
Age“The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.”
Death“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.”
Change“I feel this music has nurtured me as I've been immersing myself in it. I've felt supported by it.”
Music“Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.”
Friendship“I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.”
Movies“There's no religion but sex and music.”
Music“I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.”
Family“That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.”
Failure“One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.”
Freedom“I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.”
Fitness“I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.”
Music“I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.”
Fear“I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.”
Music“It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.”
Smile