I had enormous self-image, problems and very low self-esteem, which I hid behind obsessive writing and performing. It's exactly what I do now except I enjoy it now. I'm not driven like I was in my twenties. I was driven to get through life very quickly.

Every time I've made a radical change it's helped me feel buoyant as an artist

The coming together of people I find obscene as a principle. It is not human. It is not a natural thing as some people would have us believe.

Is it Nice in your snowstorm- freezing your brain? Do you think that your face looks the same?

I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.

Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

The younger people get into the lyrics in a different way; there's much more of a tactile understanding, which is the way I prefer it.