Albums, with me, have never had an easy birth. Especially when all the songs are self-written songs.

I have a long history with Soho: even when I was at art college, I came down to Soho to work in the summer.

The albums I did around that time probably wouldn't have been the same without Ecstacy. The first three Soft Cell albums... were all really albums that were just done around Ecstacy and the whole E feeling.

As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.

Maybe I was a bit harsh on some people. But I was harshest on myself, really.

I'd always wanted to write a song about a leather jacket and how wearing it makes you feel. I love leather jackets, and I've got a big collection of them.

I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example.