The internet has huge advantages but its downside is the easy access to resources.

I am interested in Icons, not just religious works but also contemporary icons. I also like the way the Pop movement of the 60s took subjects from consumer products and people - soup cans, comic books, film stars - and elevated them through art, just like in traditional iconography.

In my moments of down time I tend to listen to Blues.

It would be difficult to do art without music (music subsidises the art).

My encyclopedic knowledge of rock and roll is a millstone around my neck.

The first time I had work in a public space it felt very strange to see people that I didn't know looking and, and presumably commenting on, my work. Nowadays, I'm a bit more fatalistic - they either like the work or they don't and there's not a lot I can do about that. The trick seems to be not to get too pissed on open nights so that I can answer any questions without making a fool of myself. Doesn't always work!

Young people are still experiencing the thrill of three chords and over-amplified guitars. They always will.