Stephen Duffy: 'It's quite astounding now but I thought you could take great chunks of The Great Gatsby and sing it. The lyrics to Aztec Moon are from Mexico City Blues by Jack Kerouac. All I'd done at that stage was listen to records and read books. I had no idea about writing from your own experience. I bought my bass from a junk shop on Saltley Gate, I was so embarrassed I didn't play it and it's only when I got it home that I realised it was fretless.
Stephen Duffy: 'It's quite astounding now but I thought you could take great chunks of The Great Gatsby and sing it. The lyrics to Aztec Moon are from Mexico City Blues by Jack Kerouac. All I'd done at that stage was listen to records and read books. I had no idea about writing from your own experience. I bought my bass from a junk shop on Saltley Gate, I was so embarrassed I didn't play it and it's only when I got it home that I realised it was fretless.