If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia. Gary Numan difficulthavemassive Change image and share on social
In the mid-1980s to the early 1990s I was writing songs not because I particularly liked what I was doing, but because I was desperately trying to get back into the charts. I really didn't enjoy it. I didn't like the music I was making, I wasn't proud of it, like I have been before or since. Gary Numan 1980s1990sback share on social
I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl, the life I had before - being single, in a band, girls everywhere - would be over. Gary Numan bandfashiongirl Change image and share on social
I'd see an old person on the street and start crying. I couldn't understand how people could cope, knowing they only had so long left. It would be like dominoes and then the last one fell and I'm a little heap on the floor. Doctors put me on anti-depressants for a couple of years. Gary Numan anticopecouple share on social
Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster. Gary Numan contradictiondifficultdisaster Change image and share on social
I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times. Gary Numan accuratebusinessdistinctive share on social
I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates. Gary Numan bitechildhoodhang Change image and share on social
I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community. Gary Numan communityfeelmake Change image and share on social
My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances. Gary Numan baggagecarecareful share on social
Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way. Gary Numan batbreakcourier share on social