People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about.

Sometimes I ask myself, "Should I be out in a club?" But it's about realising I don't need to be always chasing after being who I was 20 or 30 years ago.

It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.

Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling.

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.

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

So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that's unrepeatable.