People don't get a chance to think, "Why am I a consumer?" Because the decisions come at them so fast and furiously, they're not [even] given time to think, I am a consumer.

My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.

The moment you know you know you know.

They're the salt of the earth, those girls. They don't sit each night and compare notes on groups, criticising lyrics, asking if it's valid. They just play the record... yeah, and maybe they dance. I love them. I love them dearly

Strung out on lasers and slash back blazers.

I'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics.

Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.