'I was saying things in songs that female singers didn't really say back then. I wasn't submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing it up, yet I was very serious.'

Paul Oakenfold is a world-renowned DJ, dance music pioneer and the man responsible for the biggest dance trends of the past 30 years. Oakenfold recounts the highs and lows of a phenomenal career at the beating heart of dance.