“Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.”
Friendship“One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.”
Freedom“Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.”
Friendship“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 made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.”
Movies“I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.”
Music“I feel this music has nurtured me as I've been immersing myself in it. I've felt supported by it.”
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 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 hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.”
Music“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“Yoga is almost like music in a way there's no end to it.”
Music“There's no religion but sex and music.”
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 was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.”
Famous“It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.”
Smile“I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.”
Fear“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'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“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 come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.”
Family