Marc Almond
I've been through that, so now I guess i'm a workaholic.
I'm not one of these people who say the charts is full of rubbish now.
I'm not a big fan of R&B, but I do like that kind of Britney Spears twisted up with arabic samples in and things like that.
I'm a bit of a gypsy like that - I like to travel around, I don't feel routed in one place for long and I'm always interested in doing something new whether that's planning my new record or planning my next project.
I was lucky enough to get a brilliant producer for the album, Andrej Samsonov who is based in St Petersburg, who was the musical arranger and really brought it all together.
I thought Pop Idol was really disappointing and full of freaks and geeks and fatties.
I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what it would be like to do something like that, but use my lyrics and my kind of style.
I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
I think the people that got in the 80s and very early 90s got there just in time cos they're the people that have lasted and been able to experimental and do interesting things.
I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.
I think i just have the energy, i'm a bit of an addict in a way.
I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether i'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example.
I love Britney Spears, but i'm afraid I don't like Michelle.
I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates.
I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!
For me it always comes down to what is a good song and i'm very old fashioned in the way that i like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.
But I think my heart really lay in doing the Russian project, I was really eager to get back to it and finish it.
As soon as one project is finished i like to go straight on to something else.
As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.