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

You can't keep pursuing pop success, and chasing the past.

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

I thought, I'm in my late 50s now, am I ever gonna get the chance to do another album again?

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.

What was great about the 80s was that you still had record companies who would get behind developing you as an artist. You had these bonkers heads of department and A&R people who, even after a flop album, would let you make another one.

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