remember having long conversations
with Mark Bolan - he was in a bit of a
mess in those days but, it was wonderful,
a wonderful experience meeting all these
guys and working with them.
Did you see uglier side of the music
industry back then?
No, no, no. Of course, there was a lot of
stuff coming out in my book next year
which has stories in it that have never
been told before. They will shock quite a
few people so I don’t want to give them
away now.
Well, yeah, as I said to you, I was a 16
year old kid playing in nightclubs, in
London and that. I never even gave it
a thought - I was drinking whisky and,
I have to be honest, yeah, we were
popping pills, we were popping purple
hearts and what the Rolling Stones used
to call ‘mother’s little helpers’. They
were long nights and you had to keep
going, even as young as you are, they
were gruelling hours and I never used t