So much is filtered by pop music today, because the music industry is driven by single, single, single, single, the next single, not the nurturing of artists and that kind of thing.

For me, my entry point, when I was old enough, was the skinhead/suedehead thing, sort of like '70/'71. People didn't have much money - they would save up, or whatever - but everyone always dressed up. You'd go to a dance at the football club on a Thursday night and all of us kids - all of us from maybe like 12 to 16 - were all dressed up.

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.

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.