There was a sort of rock hierarchy, people like Freddie Mercury in his ivory tower in Kensington and supergroups like Pink Floyd and Genesis. They were all untouchable wizards of rock music and, really, those holy cows came tumbling down with punk.
[on his HIV status] People even write on my Facebook page: "Oh, I thought you were dead." People can be quite forthright in the Internet age. I don't like to think of myself as a victim or even labour the point or talk about my health that much.
