The first song is called 'London.' It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime.

You should always celebrate your successes because someone else will celebrate your failures.

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.

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

At one time musical theater, particularly in the '40s and '50s, was a big source of pop songs. That's how musical theater started, really - it was just a way of linking several pop songs for the stage.

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

I think there's an element where people get very comfortable in their ghetto. Which is fair enough.