Home is…
I still always say I’m going home when I’m going to Glasgow, but I’ve lived in London for over 30 years. I’ve lived more of my life in London than Scotland, so home is really my house in London.
Favourite shops?
Boma, the garden centre in Kentish Town. I could wander around there for hours on end. The people who work there have such an unbelievable knowledge of plants and they’re not going to say stupid things to you like, ‘What’s the pH of your soil?’ I don’t know what the pH of my soil is. I don’t need all that shit.
Most memorable meal?
I went to The Dover the other night. Oh my God, it was absolutely brilliant. The food was amazing and the atmosphere was brilliant — because it wasn’t filled with arseholes who were trying to take selfies.
What would you do if you were Mayor for the day?
You don’t wanna ask me this question. I wouldn’t be going around renaming f***ing train stations at a cost of millions of pounds, put it that way. I would be filling in the f***ing potholes and putting money into helping people that can’t put f***ing food on the table.
Most iconic Londoner in history?
Paul Simonon. I’ve always been a massive Clash fan and a big reason why I’m in a band is because of The Clash. Every time I see him I think London. His whole ethos is London.
Favourite gig you’ve played?
We played a gig one time in 1989 and Shane MacGowan turned up. We had an after party and he had a Texas T-shirt on — it’s one of my all-time favourite images in my brain, Shane MacGowan in a Texas T-shirt.
Best thing a cabbie has ever said to you?
I got in a bit of trouble a few years ago with Paris Hilton. I got into a bit of a fight. It ended up with me saying, ‘Get the f*** out my face,’ otherwise I was gonna kick theshit out of her. Somebody caught it on a phone when we were nose to nose, so it was in the newspapers the next day. I remember walking down the road the next day and a cabbie stuck his head out the window and goes, ‘Go on girl! You f***ing tell her!’ That’s my favourite thing a cabbie has said to me.
Where do you go to let your hair down?
I was in The Cow the other night and there’s some serious letting down of hairin there. Jesus, Mary, mother of God. I have a few naughty nights out with my girlfriends sometimes but I’m never gonna tell you where we go because then people might find us.
What is your biggest extravagance?
My house.
What was the last thing you googled?
I’m gonna die, I am so embarrassed to tell you this. I googled ‘Flowers that represent birth months’. There you go. I was sending somebody flowers and it tells you that January is carnations, February is violets, March is daffodils, April is daisies. That’s what I was doing. I was a bit disappointed in mine, it’s chrysanthemum — a death flower!
What are you up to for work right now?
We’ve just written a new Texas record and we’re getting ready for our arena tour inSeptember. I say getting ready, I’m not actually getting ready for the tour because it’s in September. I’m gonna go on holiday because I haven’t been on holiday since before Covid. I’m off on a summer holiday.
Who is your hero?
Marvin Gaye, always. I never tire of the sound of his voice.
What do you collect?
Snow globes, but not plastic ones — really old glass snow globes.
