Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way.

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.

You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.