When people talk about gender-benders and bracket me with George, I always think I'm not like that. I had more of a rock edge, mixed with the 80s ele….

I'm always more interested in trying things that will push me, and I don't care if I fall flat on my face doing it..

I became the magnet for a lot of scary aggression. Cos it's scary Up North!.

I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like..

These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next..

I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities should be a mix of ol….

Sometimes, with autobiographies, it turns into a bit of score-settling. And looking back, I don't feel the way I did then, and you kind of grow up an….

I've always been the sort of person who immerses myself in things, and eventually you become part of that life..

I'm often prone to self-doubt about everything I do..

People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho..

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about ….

I was quite naïve, a boy from Southport. When I went to art college in Leeds, I lived in a basement flat, and I heard clunking on the stairs all nigh….

I have a long history with Soho: even when I was at art college, I came down to Soho to work in the summer..

I liked the idea of writing a song saying I'm happy with who I am, and I don't mind if people think I'm some old git..

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way..

I made a creativity out of that messiness..

I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates..

Maybe I was a bit harsh on some people. But I was harshest on myself, really..

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it..

I thought, I'm in my late 50s now, am I ever gonna get the chance to do another album again?.

We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian pe….