The press made me something I really wasn't and I tried to live up to what they made me.

'Up the Junction' really made me understand the power of cinema to create a vivid sense of a community. When I went on to make 'Bhaji on the Beach,' it was this sense I tried to recreate.

I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.

I never made any public statements. At least, I tried never to make any public statements.

I'm not keen on cars and motorbikes. I tried to be a biker, but it wasn't me - I bought a Harley-Davidson and dumped it.