Mowing your lawn is against nature.

And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.

All these poses of classical torture ruined my mind like a snake in the orchard. I did go from wanting to be someone, now I'm drunk and wearing flip-flops on Fifth Avenue.

I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.

I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment when decadence is healthy, 'Poses' encapsulates that feeling. It's a kind of song and a kind of album that I'll never be able to repeat.

Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.

When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.