My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones.

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

I felt very grown up when I was wearing makeup, thank you very much.

Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.

I always say to people, the Eighties were so inventive because people wanted to stand out. By the time we got to the Nineties, everyone wanted to fit in. It was all about having the same pair of trainers and the same pair of jeans. That's fatal. Whereas the Eighties you would never be seen in the same pair of jeans that somebody else was wearing.

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.

Women's fashion is more interesting than men's.