I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
My instinct is to be very controlling.
I am a metrosexual and into male grooming - I moisturise, I exfoliate.
Road cycling, especially up mountains. It's the heady mixture of endorphins and aesthetics that I love. My wife does it too, and being with her in extreme but beautiful conditions adds to the experience and our relationship.
In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.
Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.
Love is family, support, priority, and understanding.
I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.
I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.
We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.
Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be - technically, emotionally, and physically - but I love it.
Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.
I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.
Your life is the same wherever you go.
Do not dehumanize others.
For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be like that now. I've spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun.
I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.
Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
Don't give pain to others.
I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.
I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row.
It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood.
I detest that saying Everything happens for a reason; its nonsense.
