I still love music - that's never gonna go away.

I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.

My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones.

A lot of other bands have tried to go out there and say we've got views on this and views on that. But some of it I've found opportunist. Duran Duran has always been honest about everything. We've always laid everything out.

Style has always been very important to us. We grew up in the '70s. Music was glam rock, punk rock and a very stylish movement.

I suppose that I'm fairly comfortable with the clown hat on.

I love pop culture. I love to be inside of it, and step outside and look back in.