United Kingdom, Feb. 27 -- Shaun Ryder has described having ADHD as "having a f****** brain like a watering can" - but he is happy he wasn't diagnosed until he was 50.

The 63-year-old Happy Mondays frontman didn't know he had been living with the neurodevelopmental disorder until 13 years ago, but since getting more understanding of the condition he believes can have its advantages as a musician as well as its negatives in daily life.

When asked if his ADHD has helped him creatively as a songwriter, he said: "Do you mean like having a f****** brain like a watering can? I suppose so.

"This super-power stuff, which is the in thing at the moment, that ADHD is a super-power, it sort of is and it sort of isn't. There's good things and there...