1. Who are you?

I find that I have less idea what the answer to this question is as I get older. No wonder people go senile and forget everything. Actually, I’m looking forward to forgetting who I am and everything about my life; sounds like bliss.

2. What do you write?

Very little because I am an idle bastard. When I do manage to squeeze something out it usually features despondent, angry losers finding themselves in absurd situations and going mad.

3. Why do you write what you write?

Because I am a despondent, angry loser who finds the world increasingly absurd and is going mad. Perhaps I am trying to make some sort of sense of the world and my place in it or maybe I think that by writing I might achieve something worthwhile.

4. Why should we read what you write?

Absolutely no reason at all. You should go and read something by somebody who knows what they are doing instead. Or, if you are somebody who cannot get to grips with life, you may find some comfort in the fact that you are not the only one.

5. Is the world a better place because of what you write?

No. I don’t languish under the illusion that my words (or music) make the world a better place but while I am writing (or composing) I feel that maybe, just maybe, I do have a small contribution to make… even if it is only for a brief moment.

[Previously on the Five Minute Interview]