And then computers got to a point where you could just record directly into them. So when that happened, funny enough, I thought, Right, I'm going to learn how to do this because then I can understand that part.

My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me, some others I have to send out, out to the war. It might sound stupid and it might even sound naive, but that's just the way it is.

The thing I remember most about America is that it's silly. That can be quite a relief at times.

Most of my dancing is actually convulsions from having to listen to my own music

I don't like old friends talking to me like I'm a pop star, cos it makes me feel like I'm becoming two-dimensional.

I can be very drunk in a club in Oxford on a Monday night and some guy comes up to you and buys you a drink and says that the last record you made changed his life. That means something.

You are my centre when I spin away.