If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

Worldwide, most people dress more casually these days, don't they? They have done for the last 20 or 30 years, I suppose. So, every place that I go to, the majority of people really wear jeans, trainers, T-shirt - everybody seems to dress more for comfort. Whereas, even in my lifetime, even up to the early-'70s, there was still that thing of dressing up.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

In my world [of fashion] there's more things that kind of affect it. There's the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team... Everybody has opinions, and so you definitely have to filter through a lot.

I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action.