If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China, and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.

I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my tombstone.

I find shoes difficult to be ethical about.

I don't even know if I exist offstage.

I'm not very good at being dull.