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'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.

I love this idea of shape-shifting and changing when you put on clothes, and turn into somebody else.

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

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

I'm often prone to self-doubt about everything I do.

I'm always aware of mortality.