I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.

The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.

I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.

I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.

My instinct is to be very controlling.

It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it.

Maybe I've got to admit that what I did here was enough. I can make some more films. Maybe I'll direct a film. Maybe I'll have my musical put on stage. But nothing, really, to be absolutely honest, competes with making a very successful pop band for 10 years of my life.