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People Are People Still Gets Played To Death On '80s Stations. It Was Our First Big Break In America. It's Not Exactly My Favorite Song.

When I Write A Song, I Always Start On Acoustic Guitar, Because That's A Good Test Of A Song, When It's Really Open And Bare. You Can Often Mislead Yourself If You Start With Computers And Samples And Programming Because You Can Disguise A Bad Song.

I Wanted To Keep The Music Very Electronic, Very Filmic, And Give It An Almost Sci-fi Like Quality. Music Is A Necessity For Me. I Go Into The Studio At Least Five Days A Week, Every Week, So Once I Had The Idea And The Template, The Process Was Quick And Fun.

God Knows Why - No Pun Intended - But Every Time I Write A Song, I Feel A Need To Touch On Religion.

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.