Most of my influences are from the past.

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

I knew style and content went hand in hand.

One door closes and another one opens.

I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It's about respecting what you're doing. You're going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.

Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers.

In fact, he [George Michael] was loitering in public loos like some pre-war homosexual. It's one thing to keep quiet. It's another to pretend you're someone you're not.