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

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.

I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids.

Yazoo is the name of an old blues label and also a town in America. I like it because it doesn't mean a thing, it has no immediate connotations. That's what I hate about so many names today - they're so obviously fashionable.

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.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

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