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

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.

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

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

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

I've got so much I want to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. People say to me, "You really shouldn't do so many records", because it actually harms your career.