I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.

But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom.

Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.

Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.

You need to have a life outside your career.

It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.

I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.