I have never been one for the over-the-top.

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I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.

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I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.

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But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.

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I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.

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My situation should have been a lot worse. By rights I shouldn't have survived the crash.

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'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.

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Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life.

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I wanted to be as far away from everybody as I could be. I found it difficult to be close to anybody, not just the guys in the band.

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But the irony is that because the band isn't the focus any more, it allows me the chance to enjoy being a member of Def Leppard much more.

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