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

We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

We hope we are moving toward a world where sexual orientation is not an issue, because we hate the idea of a gay ghetto. I think that it's a real shame that people become restricted by their sexuality or define their whole lives by their sexuality.

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

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

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

We've been working on a new album, which is going to come out next spring, which is very different, a change of style for us - it's going to be almost like rock music.