Especially when you come from a musical background, you go out with people who don’t take care of their health as they should. You have a group of friends and as time goes by, some people keep drinking, others stop drinking, some go into yoga. That’s what that song is trying to get at.
Some people survive and others do not. This is horrible. I know people with back pain. Unfortunately, I know that one or two people still use cocaine. [laughs] Those two things are quite tragic.
It appears to be the same waist size it was 25 years ago.
You say the most beautiful things.
Are you naturally slim or do you have to work on it?
I am not as thin as before. I exercise occasionally. Sometimes a little Pilates, a little yoga, a rowing machine. I don’t want to be lying down with back pain.
Given all your other media companies, how committed are you to music?
Without wanting to sound dramatic, I feel it is my vocation. Even as I remember the events, always, like, what was on the charts at the time? I make connections to songs. If I’m running for a bus, I’ll probably go [sings to the tune of Bryan Adams’s “Run to You”]”I’m going to run for you.” A song about the activity I’m doing always comes to mind. I accept the fact that that’s my thing.
Pulp has not worked since 2012. Do you get information on how much money you have been offered for a meeting, or have you told your agents not to even mention it?
He might have said, “Don’t mention it to me unless it’s above a certain amount.” [laughs] There may be a reason why it would be a good idea, but I was very happy with our reunion shows. Why risk spoiling that? In five years, it might not say the same.
