Quotes from Adam Ant

I loved being in a band.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

There is always room at the top, don't let them tell you there is not.

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

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.

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

It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of.

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

Creative people are more prone to depression.

People tend to keep their distance.

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.

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

When I was sectioned for six months, that was one of the worst experiences of my life, not being able to go out and have freedom. Having experienced it, it's almost inexplicably awful.

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.

I'm blind without my glasses.