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But the most important thing that happened to me at that age was meeting the girl who I wanted to be with, and who is still with me to this day, Angie. When we met in 79, I was just 15, she was 14. My hormones were not so much of a distraction because Angie and I went full-time straight away. She wanted me to be who I wanted to be and she wanted to be with me to do that. And she was like, ‘Hey, I like Johnny Thunders and Iggy Pop and the good bits of the Rolling Stones a lot.’ Of course we’re still together! I’m not an idiot.