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

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

I was very much a mess, as a person. I'd come from a very turbulent teenage life, with parents who had broken up in a very bad way, and a lot of illness at school.

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.

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

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

I don't care much about success or anything like that. I've only ever wanted life to be an adventure.