Adam Ant

“I loved being in a band.”

“I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.”

“I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.”

“I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.”

“Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.”

“It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.”

“Creative people are more prone to depression.”

“I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'”

“When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.”

“I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.”

“Prison's a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is.”

“I am quite an early riser - I usually get up between 5.30 and 6am and take the dogs out.”

“My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.”

“To me, style is consistency.”

“Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.”

“Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.”

“I'm blind without my glasses.”

“I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.”

“I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.”

“I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.”