I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

Soho has got to be at its centre. It's got such a history for rock, pop, poetry, jazz, writers, all those things, and I think it should be valued as such, and protected as this centre for bohemia.

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.

I've got so much I want to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. People say to me, "You really shouldn't do so many records", because it actually harms your career.

I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.

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

We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist.