I'd seen a play of 'Richard III' in Coventry when I was 15, which sowed the seeds that you could act for a living.
It was the glitter days, and the New York Dolls and Kiss would come play at the Coventry, all those bands would come in from Manhattan.
I learnt so much at Coventry - I was playing as a regular at 17, most weeks. And that's something that left me in good stead.
When I was a school kid in Coventry, I used to put up anti-apartheid stickers.
Coventry was a big part of my career, and I had a great time there.
I was always smaller than the rest coming up at Coventry, and I developed physically more in the later stages.
I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this.
Life is not life at all without delight.
