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I Always Say It Took Me 10 Minutes To Write 'cars,' But If I Am Honest It Could Have Been Even Less Than That - And It Has Been A Really Successful Song Over The Years. It Is Still Massively Used, In Advertising, In Films, And People Do Cover Versions Of It A Lot.

I Collect Fantasy Swords, Replicas From Films, And Have Them Displayed On The Wall As You Go Up The Stairs.

Strangely Enough, When The Sugababes' 'freak Like Me' Went To Number 1, Which Was Built Around My 'are 'friends' Electric' Song, I Had Another Song Called 'rip' Go To Number 1 In The Kerrang Tv Chart, So I Was Pulling New People In From Very Different Areas Of Musical Interest. That Was Quite An Amazing Week.

I Was A Loner As A Child And Happiest At Home, Launching Toy Rockets And Aeroplanes. When I Started Causing Trouble In My Third Year At Grammar School, Mum Was Really Surprised. My Parents Sent Me To A Child Psychologist, Who Suggested I Might Have Asperger's Syndrome.

Album Sales Have Collapsed, With Few Artists Making Money From Albums; Touring Is More Lucrative. But I'm 53 Now And Won't Be Able To Tour Forever, So A Logical Step Is To Get Into Writing Film Scores. Trouble Is, You Need To Be Somewhere Which Has A Big Film Industry - Another Reason Why I'm Thinking About Living In California.