Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.
Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a distance.
I am a very sensitive person, very impulsive and emotional.
I've had a wordless phase, and that's still not entirely over: what I sing is not always literally meant that way, and you can hear that in the way it is sung.
I think that after a year of Portishead I've become a little more sober.
The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.