Some of the best pop music ever has come out of the States.

Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work.

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

You'll never know that you had all of me. You'll never know the poetry you've stirred in me.

For "Running Up That Hill" we had worked with a drum machine [in 1985]; the basic rhythms of "Running Up That Hill" happened because the whole track was built on a drum machine.

We let the weirdness in.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.