We’d become very successful very quickly. I remember walking down the high street and girls were coming out of the clothes shop and screaming at me. I thought: “This is amazing.” But you can’t turn it off. I thought that proving myself would make me happy, but I still wasn’t and that was a f**king shock.

—-Kevin Rowland, founder of the band Dexys Midnight Runners, and the author of the hit song “Come On, Eileen,” reflecting on his past in The Guardian.