I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.

I became the magnet for a lot of scary aggression. Cos it's scary Up North!

I can't read music and I'm crap at learning lyrics. Especially since the accident I have memory problems. I can't remember words, names, places.

I'm always aware of mortality.

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

On my Instagram, I'm always keeping a record of things being pulled down in Soho and shutters being closed. Every city - and London more than anywhere - has got to be a vibrant mix of all different things. We can't allow it to become a monoculture.

A lot of the early songs I wrote were about the experience of going to London and meeting rent boys and transvestites and drag queens. A lot of my early material is that: the wide-eyed adventures of a middle-class boy.