I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music... It's my fascination, my on-going passion.

This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self-destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all sight of reality and reason.

I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop fan. I love pop culture, It's a total reflection of the zeitgeist.

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music... It's my fascination, my on-going passion.

I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking.