I spend a lot of time on Twitter, and it's a very interesting place. People are so driven to aggression. To me it's a funny thing. I grew up in an aggressive family, so I'm not at all intimidated by being verbally abused. I have no fear with words.

I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqualified. I have no other training.

The press Yazoo were receiving were focused on the voice, This obviously was about trends.

I think that you have to experience darkness to feel empathy. For all of my failings - and I have many - I do have a complete ability to emphasize with people. And that all goes down to being "other." When you're young you think otherness is a state only you possess. When you get older you realize, "Actually, there's so many of us." In that we find community.

I think the world is a dead carcass and I think the purpose of human beings is as maggots.

It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.

It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation.