once a week asking why I'm not on Spotify, but I don't get enough to go on about it. From what I understand they take people's subscription money and don't give any of it back to the artist. I?think that's got more to do with certain artists' relationship with their labels than Spotify... Well they should probably treat everyone equally. Mike Skinner was on the front of the NME the other week. Do you still talk - and are you thankful for your time on The Beats? Do mistakes that might have been made rankle you at all? I loved that period because I didn't have a fucking clue what I was doing. I'm not sure Mike had a fucking clue what he was doing either, certainly in terms of running the label. As I signed to him, he was the biggest thing in Britain, and then as my album came out, he was just beginning his fall from grace. I remember he said to me just before The Beats finished, "Don't ever talk about how famous you are or how much money you have." I learnt quite a bit from Mike. He taught me songwriting, structures, concepts, pacing - on a creative level he was quite helpful. But [The Beats] was kind of a free-for-all; be who you want to be, do what you want to do. No-one ever turned round to me and said: "Get your hair cut," even though I should, or told me not to wear