After Euro 2012, I Had Very Little Holiday And ALMOST No DESIRE To PLAY Football. I Was Slipping Into Depression, From All The TRAVELLING.

I Would Rather There's SOMEBODY Who Is Just A Wee BIT Down In The Dumps Believing That They've Got Depression And Going To The DOCTOR And Getting It Checked Out, Than Not, I'd Rather That Everybody Was GIVEN The Benefit Of The Doubt.

I SPEAK Of A Clinical DEPRESSION That Is The Background Of Your Entire Life, A Background Of Anguish And Anxiety, A Sense That Nothing Goes WELL, That PLEASURE Is Unavailable And All Your STRATEGIES Collapse.

The BIGGEST Thing I've Had To OVERCOME Was Clinical Depression. Your MIND Is The Most Powerful Weapon You Have Once You Can Get Control Of Your Mind... I Had To STOP Hearing The Negative Voices Where Jennifer Was Not Worthy Of LOVE Or Living.

When I Was Playing Marius In The Inaugural PRODUCTION Of 'Les Mis,' I Contracted Glandular Fever Which Developed Into A Post-viral Depression. I Was 23 And I Couldn't See Any LIGHT At The End Of The TUNNEL.

I Saw What The Depression Was Doing To My STUDENTS. Often They Could Get No JOBS, Or Jobs Which Were Wholly Inadequate. And Through Them, I Began To Understand How Deeply Political And Economic Events Could Affect Men's LIVES. I Began To Feel The NEED To Participate More Fully In The LIFE Of The Community.

I Studied Chemical Engineering. I Was A Good Student, But These Were The HARD Times Of The DEPRESSION, My Scholarship CAME To An End, And It Was NECESSARY To Work To Supplement The FAMILY Income.

I Suffer From Anxiety, Moments Of DEPRESSION. I'm In My Head So Much, And I'm THINKING So Much, I'm PLAYING A Tug-of-war WITHIN My MIND.

To Combat The CONFUSION And Depression That Assault Me When I Come Off The Road In The Middle Of A Tour, I SEEK The Most Oblivionated Music Possible. When It's The 'way Out There' That I Seek, I GO Right To My Stash Of Amazing Music From Japan.

'Hairdresser BLUES' Was Written When I Was DEEP In A Ten-year DEPRESSION That I Escaped Shortly After RECORDING That ALBUM. I Don't Like That Album.