I just try to put myself in the sense of being a character, sometimes male. I suppose I just like the idea of trying to be different people coming from all kinds of different angles. Most of it was just from my imagination.

Music is like comedy in that you can enjoy a very - for want of abetter word - sophisticated classical piece as much as you enjoy something that's very simple pop.

They were worried we wouldn't get any radio play at all[ for "A Deal with God" ]. That's why it was changed [to "Running Up That Hill"].

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.

I'm always hunting and prowling. I'm sure Brian [Bath] was exaggerating!

What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights.