I still use a lot of cut-ups, I physically cut-up pieces of paper and stick them all together on another piece of paper then I'll think, "Ah, that looks good," or shuffle them around a bit and then I'll photocopy it and then that's my lyrics.

My dad owned a tiny little shop and we never had any family holidays or anything like that, so I was sent to boarding school as a means of control more than anything I think.

I really like working with drummers, I like being able to bounce ideas off drummers.

Going to public school is like living in bubble, you have no concept of what other people do.

I'm not the fastest reader or writer but occasionally I'll write things down just so I don't forget them.

If you saw my musical collection it's absolutely horrendous, I've got everything from Stockhausen to The Beach Boys to Gina G, all sorts of terrible things and other people come here and look at my record collection and go, "Ah, you can't possibly like that - how embarrassing!"

I've also got a kind of rule where if I don't write it down and I can still remember it it's worth remembering!