You have a tendency to just remember the bad times and bad moments. I think that often it's the way of life. Yet the rewards we got from it were fantastic and we played a lot of shows to sellout audiences in I don't know how many cities. I just think we didn't realise how insane it was until we were actually right in the middle of it and couldn't stop. We just couldn't stop.

Really, what I'm always drawn to is the voice - PJ Harvey , Björk . If the voice interests me, then I'm interested to listen to what's happening.

I have the urge to still be part of the world, the universe, of life. Through music I have the feeling that I come a little closer to that.

I often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control.

There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.

Vocally, I really like going into the darker side of myself.

New York is a great place to feel inspired all the time.