I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever I go there, I find myself writing songs about it.

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

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

These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.

I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"

I liked the idea of writing a song saying I'm happy with who I am, and I don't mind if people think I'm some old git.

I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities should be a mix of old things and new things.