I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you`re behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don`t really perform because you can`t. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.
I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn`t want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer.
I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I`ll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.