Adam Ant

“People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.”

“I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.”

“I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.”

“I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.”

“Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.”

“People tend to keep their distance.”

“Bad things happen sometimes.”

“Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you're in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.”

“Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.”

“I always like to tell a story.”

“Achievement results from work realizing ambition.”

“If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.”

“It's good to play 100 per cent live - no tricks, no samples, no messing about.”

“I want to do a make-up line for men.”

“The touring was crazy, it was a lot of work. But I enjoyed it.”

“When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.”

“I'm a rock and roll singer.”

“My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.”

“I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.”

“I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any day you want it.”