I've tended to avoid meeting my heroes. They aren't necessarily the nicest people anyway. The exception was George Harrison, one of the loveliest men I've ever met. He lent me his home studio to make Hormonally Yours.

I consider the Stooges to be pop music.

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

I'm quite repulsed by the diva type.

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