I'm Not Particularly Prolific.

I Didn't Write Songs For A Very Long Time.

All Of My Kids Are Into Music. My Older Daughter Plays Guitar, Piano, Sings. My Young Son, He Sings.

I Lead Two Totally Separate Lives. There Are Times When I Have To Slip Into Rock Star Mode.

When I Write A Song, I Always Start On Acoustic Guitar, Because That's A Good Test Of A Song, When It's Really Open And Bare. You Can Often Mislead Yourself If You Start With Computers And Samples And Programming Because You Can Disguise A Bad Song.

As Part Of Depeche Mode, I Don't Think It's Right For Me To Be Using My Own Songs For A Solo Project. I'm Not A Very Prolific Songwriter, So I Keep Those For Depeche Mode.