I feel like I carry myself in a more manly way. I don't carry myself as a boy.

Minds ripen at very different ages.

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.

Because I'm no longer a pop star 24 hours a day, I'm no longer bogged down by the stupid stuff that used to cripple me. I don't bruise easily any more.

There's no such thing in aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty.

The army teaches boys to think like men.