I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain.

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in.

I didn't want to wear a checked shirt and grow a mustache - that's what you had to do, and everyone did.

There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing that originally and yet they are. Mick Jagger [used to say] we're not going to be doing Satisfaction when I'm in a wheelchair.

A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought into mainstream culture. I think we should be moving to an era where it's just sex.

The big gay clubs like Heaven started having mixed nights in the late '80s.

It's fundamental that what we do only exists in our own universe. When you like Pet Shop Boys, you are in our world.