went to new york, i had spent weeks reading articles and national newspapers about the crime rate on manhattan island and the death toll that there was and the likelihood if i walked out of my hotel on 42nd street, i'd be mugged within seconds, and about half an hour in times square, my brain engaged and just went, sharkey, ten years ago, you were standing in the bog side. there's nothing new york is ever going to throw you, my friend, that will ever put you off your beat. —— ten hours ago. why did you quit so young? you formed the undertones with your mates in, i think, �*75. yeah. you were out by �*83. still, hugely popular. we were, but that's — the simple truth of the matter is i then had a longing for other things and wanted to go in different directions. we were settling down. some people want to stay in derry, some people wanted to make different — particular types of records, and you're dealing with any little group of friends that effectively met when we were teenagers. i just wonder if there's something about the music business