I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga age is that I can actually look back and think, When I was younger I was in a great band. It…

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Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool...

Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool...

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics...

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics...

It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of...

It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of...

Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't...

Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't...

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading...

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading...

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of...

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of...

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and...

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and...

But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I've several friends just haven't made it...

But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I've several friends just haven't made it...

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got...

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got...

I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are...

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are...

Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa...

Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa...

90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going...

90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going...

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't...

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't...

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I...

Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I...