This much I know: Paul McLoone, Undertones singer and DJ

I’ve leant that some stuff simply doesn’t matter. In fact, most things don’t matter. 

I used to be a godawful worrier, always over-analysing things, consumed by a type of existential angst. Now, I try to accept the fleeting nature of most things. Otherwise, if you’re not careful, you can completely lose your perspective on what is important. I was an extroverted kid, I did a lot of clowning around, impersonations.

I grew up in Derry’s Bogside in the 70s and 80s when things were pretty bad up there. Growing up in a militarised environment had a profound impact on me. It made me politicised. We had helicopters constantly overhead, it was perfectly normal to feel like you were under surveillance, to be stopped and searched by large men with guns when you were doing nothing more than going out for groceries.