"I'm an old c *** now, I do not want to embarrass my child": Shaun Ryder explains why he never runs out of drugs

The legend of Happy Mondays has just released a new book

Shaun Ryder, legend of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, admitted that he was not short of drugs.

The 56-year-old singer admitted that he was happy to have abandoned his rock star lifestyle because he would never want to "embarrbad" his daughter, Coco.

When asked if he was missing medication by newspaper I, he replied, "No! Not anymore. I was 40 years old and I live like when I was 18 years old. It was not a health reason. I thought, "I'm old now, I do not want to bother my kids," I just decided to hit him in the head.

"I still know people my age, and good luck to them … Bez is what you call a garbage can, he'll take it all in. I have it all the time. I'll get to some places and there will be a load of charlie, alcohol and birds and, "We're going to this club." I'm like, "I'm not in, buddy, I'm going to bed, I'm looking at the information." . "

"If you're happy to do it, it's okay, but it's not me anymore, I'm just happy to be as I am now, even though I look like a big toe.

He recently published his new book under Faber – titled "Wrote For Luck: Selected Lyrics". – which contains a collection of his complete lyrics with annotated notes. words "comic" and not too serious.

Ryder added, "I do not want to write love songs. I always stayed away from that. My love songs are pure bad. I would not write that now as an adult man. It can be difficult to do it live. You have to keep the comic, that's what I try to do with everything. If you keep it comic, you can get away with it.

"I have never left for all that I do not like to do a lot of songs The thing about the tortured artist? When I'm on stage, I'm bading tortured.As a writer, my job is to write short stories. My subjects are all crazy nonsense, extreme comics. But I did not even want to do it at first. I was shit. Even with singing. I only did it because the others were trying and they were even puny.

"I was just writing about what was around me. We had nothing to hide. We took drugs and partied. All I do, I'll do it in front of my mother. "

Ryder recently revealed that he had been invited to participate in Strictly Come Dancing from BBC 1, but producers feared he would swear too much.