lythamstannesexpress.co.uk

"I’m being very brave. I’ve got two sets – the first is about half of the new LP plus selections from my other solo albums, then we’re going to take a little break, then ram Stranglers down their throats!"

phacemag.com

"Yes of course! I mean, if you’re gonna write a song about Lou Reed, it’s gotta sound a bit like him, hasn’t it? Well I think so anyway! "

musicweek.com

"My manager and I said, ‘If someone the size of Sony wants it why would we say no?’"

thenational.ae

"It is in trouble I would say, and there are a number of reasons for that,” he says. “The popularity of techno and hip-hop music today is part of that trend because both of these genres don’t have a focus on melody. And then you factor in all these talent shows and I do fear for the craft of songwriting."