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

I'm not particularly prolific.

I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.

Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.

The only things we have to worry about are really stupid things.