I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like.

I thought, I'm in my late 50s now, am I ever gonna get the chance to do another album again?

I'm always more interested in trying things that will push me, and I don't care if I fall flat on my face doing it.

I made a creativity out of that messiness.

I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like.

The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.