I Was Always A Bit Different. I

I'm Hopeless At Small Talk And Have A Problem Making Eye Contact.

I Have One Brother, John, An Airline Pilot, Who Is Seven Years Younger. He's Adopted, Though We're Still Blood Related - He's My Cousin. My Parents Couldn't Have Any More Children After Me, So When Dad's Brother Died, They Adopted John, Then Just A Baby.

I'd Been A Bowie Fan Before Punk And Used To Get No End Of Trouble. I Was Always Getting Knocked About And Having To Run Up The Street, Getting Chased By People. It Was Horrible.

I've Got Asperger's Syndrome And I'm Not A Very Good People Person, So I've Always Been More Comfortable Around Machinery. Not In A Weird Way - I Don't Want To Marry My Car Or Anything Stupid Like That!

I Always Say It Took Me 10 Minutes To Write 'cars,' But If I Am Honest It Could Have Been Even Less Than That - And It Has Been A Really Successful Song Over The Years. It Is Still Massively Used, In Advertising, In Films, And People Do Cover Versions Of It A Lot.