Alison Goldfrapp

I'm not very good at cooking, and I'm away all the time, and I like transient living. I get really itchy feet if I stay in one place.

Good dreams are better than films or books.

Anything is food for starting a song. A song can start with a lyric idea or a melody or just a sound that inspires.

I have no guilt about any of my pleasures.

You've got to go with what feels instinctive and true to your heart, and filter out all of the other stuff.

I think my cat is adorable, and I probably give it too much fresh chicken. Maybe if I had a child, I'd be giving the chicken to the child.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

I'd like a telescope, but I probably wouldn't look at the stars that often. I'd definitely be looking into people's flats most of the time.

I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.

The two have to go hand in hand - the atmosphere and the music. I actually get rather worried if I can't see the music first. There always needs to be a mood, a feeling, a story, even if it is abstract. There's got to be a narrative to guide things before they're even created.