GET ON WITH IT WAGSTAFF

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Well, it was in the year 2000, or maybe 2001, I was acting 27, I was feeling 51, when I realised my real life wasn't really that much fun, so I bought myself a guitar and tried to write some songs.

At first it wasn't easy the words just wouldn't come, the chords all sounded maudlin; I should've bought a drum. But I'd booked a date and told my mates so I gave it my best shot. "After thirty years of hurt," they said, "is that really all you've got."

So I went back to the drawing board, and I wrote myself a joke, I told you that Puff Daddy died, you said "Diddy?" and I said, "no". It wasn't very funny but everybody seemed to laugh. now whenever I explain my pain there's sniggering at the bar.

And for a fat boy from a village, that made me feel like Sonic Youth, like my silly little stories hid some huge eternal truth, and when a girl I'd seen came up to me and said, "you're not that bad," well I realised that rock and roll's the best job I've ever had.

So I sold my soul for rock and roll. I didn't get much money, but at least I got to start the show.