I'm opposed to legalizing marijuana because it acts as a gateway drug.
There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.
I go to a very visual place when I'm singing. It's very cinematic and I get this feeling of space. I love when music does that.
Music is still the one thing that ties people together. People can come together from all different religions, walks of life, colours, creeds and enjoy the same song. That's still the most incredible thing to me about performing live.
I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel.
I have the urge to still be part of the world, the universe, of life. Through music I have the feeling that I come a little closer to that.
I'm not that type of musician where I can sit down at the piano and work out a song; I actually really enjoy that process of sitting with somebody and having nothing and then suddenly something starts appearing. You struggle with it, and then suddenly a song starts to appear. Then, you've got to try and muscle it - there's that word again - into something and you do. You tussle with it and play with it and roll around with it and suddenly, magically, something appears.
The simpler it is, the better I like it.
I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff that doesn't stick, goes away. The stuff that propels you forward, you can see it in your partner's eyes.
And all people live, Not by reason of any care they have for themselves, But by the love for them that is in other people.
I love seeing new places and meeting new people. I'm sort of addicted to traveling.