You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with the Pet Shop Boys it's primarily about the songs, it's about song writing.

Every song I've ever written was while I'm really emotional, maybe happy or maybe sad. Writing songs from those situations and experiences captures my soul, and things I can't express with people just talking to me. It's really intimate.

Jazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much.

It's important to have a healthy balanced diet but not to get too bogged down about it. It's important to enjoy your food, too.

There's no insecurity about my song writing. I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.

Well, I love what you would call boys' music, you know, the prodigy, banging techno, music that girls generally don't like.