When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

If you repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.

I'm not particularly prolific.

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.

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

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.

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.