So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that's unrepeatable.
I liked the idea of writing a song saying I'm happy with who I am, and I don't mind if people think I'm some old git.
I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"
I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.
People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about.
I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities should be a mix of old things and new things.
When people talk about gender-benders and bracket me with George, I always think I'm not like that. I had more of a rock edge, mixed with the 80s electro.
Soho has got to be at its centre. It's got such a history for rock, pop, poetry, jazz, writers, all those things, and I think it should be valued as such, and protected as this centre for bohemia.
I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what it would be like to do something like that, but use my lyrics and my kind of style.
I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.
That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.