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I can understand why those bands do it. It can be a hell of a lot of bloody fun. People are allowed to have a bit of fun after the age of 40, and a lot of them do need the money.

I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81.

That's one of the problems with making music your business, it becomes a business. You're no longer just this kid who is a fan and going to see every show. I've been in a bar every night for the last 15 years. Going to see bands for me is work.

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting you have nothing new to offer. As long as I can keep making music I'm happy with, and people want to come to my gigs to hear it, I'll carry on.

The big gay clubs like Heaven started having mixed nights in the late '80s.

Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.

I didn't even drink until I was in college. While other people were out partying, I'd be home watching the Tony Awards and Bob Fosse movies... I so badly wanted to be part of the club.

I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s.

We have people in the band who don't drink or do drugs... some of us like to go sightseeing.