If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.

There's a character that I play onstage, and I can't let him loose in the supermarket when I'm buying my beans on toast.

There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.

It's fine to indulge yourself so long as you don't try and foist it on the rest of the world.

If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.

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

No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.