Marc almond

Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform.

That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.

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...

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 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!!!

These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.

The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.

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.

As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.