At 16 I was probably at my wildest, totally unruly. I was homeless at the time. Then I was in Borstal, then in and out of prison [he was jailed for three years when he was 17]. Totally out of control. All I cared about was partying and having a good time. Life at home just didn’t work for me anymore. I was off on a particular course of life. I preferred living that way to being under the restriction of a home life. And my parents couldn’t cope with someone who wasn’t conforming to any kind of normality as it was deemed at the time.
I was never an academic unfortunately, and I used to be quite unruly in the classroom as well. Of course, I could have done much better if I’d put my mind to it and under different circumstances. I don’t regret not learning in school though, because I’ve self-educated myself
