In anticipation of his little-anticipated art exhibition at London's Cob Gallery (starts next week, art fans!) Pete Doherty has given an interview to The Independent about his life in jail, his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss and his new child by South African model Lindi Hingston.

The whole interview is actually a pretty good read, but there's a few parts which really stick out because they; a) suggest that maybe Pete isn't as much of a self-involved pretentious drug vacuum as he was and b) make it quite clear that an art exhibition where everything is painted in Pete's blood ranks slightly below sifting through your own vomit for a picture of your mum naked in terms of desirability.

PRISON

"I got on OK in Pentonville [in 2006] because it was kind of my local, if you like. A lot of people wanted to get me, but more wanted to do me a favour. In Wayland last year it was lads from east rather than north London, and loads of other places. People I didn't know. I didn't have any money, I didn't have any drugs. One guy said he was going to stick a fork up my arse. I threw my telly at him because I thought that would get me put in isolation."

WOMEN

"The only way I see myself in a serious relationship is if I am toning it down a bit. When you're banging up all day you can't really have someone else in your life, especially if she's an English rose. I wouldn't let her touch anything, I just wouldn't."

SELF-INDULGENCE

"The media circus got a bit twisted when I was in London. It became a bit of a joke, really. In Paris, they're so serious I can take myself really seriously too. I can get really morbid without people telling me to cheer up."

KATE MOSS

"Kate used to collect elephants, so I'd buy them for her wherever I went. When we split up she destroyed all my stuff, but she didn't destroy my elephants. Because I couldn't get over her for a while I just kept buying elephants and now I've got a huge elephant collection for sale. I might post them anonymously to her as a wedding present."

REGRETS (ABOUT KATE  MOSS)

"I suppose I must have, but I was a bit unhinged at that time. The drugs. The thing is, she knew from day one when we began our relationship that I was using very heavily. She knew that. So, you can't suddenly turn around and say, 'you've got to stop all that'. I do have regrets about Kate, but I wouldn't want to talk to you about them. I'd only talk to a highly skilled doctor with large amounts of morphine and a hypnotherapist. And a small monkey."

Classic Pete. Still, at least he seems doing better than Carl. Poor Carl.