People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho.

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.

These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.

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.

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

The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they like you or not.