I Loathe The Idea Of Going Onstage

You Make One Solo Album, And Some People Swear You're About To Leave The Band Or There Are Creative Differences.

If You Go Into The Eastern Bloc Countries We Are Huge, And In Russia. Maybe There Is Something About The Depressing Nature Of Our Music And Lyrics That Some People Find An Affinity With.

I Try To Get A Degree Of Realism In My Music.

As Part Of Depeche Mode, I Don't Think It's Right For Me To Be Using My Own Songs For A Solo Project. I'm Not A Very Prolific Songwriter, So I Keep Those For Depeche Mode.

I Wasn't Ever A Massive David Essex Fan, But I Liked A Few Of His Tracks, And Stardust Was One Of Them.