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.

As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.

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.

That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.

Sometimes, with autobiographies, it turns into a bit of score-settling. And looking back, I don't feel the way I did then, and you kind of grow up and let it go behind you.

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

Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process.