• How the devil are you?
i’m fine. i mostly am. and yourself?
• What was the first gig you ever went to?
i’d guess it was this german band called BAP. i was fourteen or fifteen and most impressed. a year later i went to see Motörhead and was even more impressed and have been so every time i went to see them.
• What were you like at school?
don’t ask.
• If you weren’t a rock’n’roll star what would you be?
manically depressed suicide candidate
• What’s your most treasured material possession?
my guitar and a football. both of them to be used for playing.
• What’s the worst record you’ve ever made?
never made one, alas.
• When did you last cry, and why?
when my mother died.
• What’s your poison?
none anymore. no drink, no smoke, never really been into drugs. being sober is the best kick you can get.
• Pick five words to describe yourself.
too nice to be harmful
• What’s in your pockets right now?
nothing. most of the time my keyring though.
• Who was the last person you punched?
can’t remember, probably somebody in my boxing class ;-).
• What was the last record you bought?
heroes del silencio, para siempre. a phantastic live record, features all the hits. really bad that they gave up. they were good and had bite.
• What are you most likely to complain about in a hotel?
nothing. don’t really like to afford staying in hotels. i’d far rather sleep in the park or elsewhere when i’m on holiday. when other people pay i mostly don’t complain about anything.
• What characteristics do you think you’ve inherited from your parents?
stubbornness from my father, good naturedness from my mother.
• What is your most unpleasant characteristic?
i hate waiting and i hate to make people wait for me.
• What’s your culinary speciality?
chinese „throw it all in the wok and make a sauce around it“ stir-fry. and of course my legendary Nu-To, noodles + tomato sauce.
• What is your greatest fear?
dying early and not seeing enough of my son growing up.
• What music would you have played at your funeral?
crowded house – don’t dream it’s over or creedence clearwater revival – proud mary.
• What’s the greatest film ever made?
lots. apocalyse now, godfather 1 & 2, die hard etc. most john wayne films, just about every kurosawa…
• Can you recite a line of poetry?
now is the winter of our discontent… thank god, it was only one line asked for.
• Have you ever been arrested?
got taken in once because i was on the wrong side of the police during a demonstration against nazis. clearly the cops had decided whose side they were on…
• What turns you on?
various things.
• Happiness is…
wanting nothing and needing nothing more.
• Where are you off to now?
back to work