Quotes By Adam Ant

I always like to tell a story.

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

I loved being in a band.

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.'

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.

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

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.

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 didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?

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

People tend to keep their distance.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Creative people are more prone to depression.

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.

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

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

The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.

Bad things happen sometimes.

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

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

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