“I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.”
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 hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.”
Music“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 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“Yoga is almost like music in a way there's no end to it.”
Music“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'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“I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.”
Freedom“I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.”
Fear“I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.”
Music“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“There's no religion but sex and music.”
Music“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“I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.”
Music“One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.”
Freedom“I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.”
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“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