not putting enough effort into that: "They made me put this out/they made me do this collaboration/They made me remix the single." I'm in a good position where I don't give any of my live or merchandise [rights] away. I own it all, which is quite rare nowadays when everyone's in a 360. I'm kind of in charge of my own destiny. Ministry have a [non-financial] interest in things like arena shows but they don't interfere. If a major label has 10% or 20% or even 50% [participation] in your live, they want a big say in what you do. Ministry are very careful spenders, I think we run a really good business - we could go on Dragon's Den! With everyone else having No.1 albums, No.1 singles or playing arenas, there are many more fingers taking pieces of the pie - and there are a lot more people who want to be involved in decisions. With us, there's three people. I love it like that. Are your fellow artists a bit jealous of your setup? If they are, they haven't told me. But I can imagine it must be quite frustrating to get a sponsorship deal with a clothing brand and give away 20% or 30% [to your label]. That can't be a good feeling. I don't do many sponsorship deals. You've worked with Adidas, I think... I'll work with Adidas because I wear Adidas. Whereas when other people have come to me and offered me a load of