I didn't write songs for a very long time.

I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.

The majority of the time I'm at home with my family, I play football three times a week.

I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.

I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.

I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.

If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.