Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.

I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor.

I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always been drawn to wearing it. It's partly ritualistic, partly theatrical and partly just because I think I look better with it on.

It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band.

You know, the Internets made us more aware of what people think about us

I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter.

I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.

Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts.

No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.