It's been six years since Cape Town's Ian Henderson released his SAMA-nominated album 'Freefall'. In that time he's collaborated with musicians in countries as far afield as Sweden, Germany, USA, Australia and not least South Africa. The result is his new offering 'Superglue'. You may already have heard current single 'This Angel Town' — if not, he's out on tour across the country next year.

But today he tells us about meeting Zapiro, designing catamarans, pythons, his 1969 Alfa Spider, chatting to Faithless' Maxi Jazz, and buying a cow.

How the devil are you?

It's Friday, the sun is shining on my first morning in Cape Town this week, Amy's singing on the radio, and in spite of having been accused of being habitually melancholic, I'm doing just great, thanks.

Do you think you are a celebrity?

Of course not. This is South Africa — we don't even know what a celebrity is! I was at the Wakame top deck in Cape Town not that long ago and Kevin Spacey was there having a drink. I think only five people noticed and nobody bugged him. Try pull that off in LA!

What's in your pocket right now?

Well it's bloody hot since I got home yesterday and it's 9am, so I'm sitting here at my computer wearing only boxer shorts. I guess I'll settle for a pocket full of dreams. And some luck.

Pick five words to describe yourself.

More Than Little Left Centre

You meet a nice lady — what's your opening line?

Well, if by 'a nice lady' you mean someone like the Queen, as opposed to Heather McCartney, I'd probably have to bow charmingly and make some flattering comment about her hat. Wikipedia goes into great depth on the origins of the word — apparently, and somewhat bizarrely, it historically means 'bread-kneader' and human females have been called women since 1946 when a woman who'd paid a fine for prostitution complained bitterly to a newspaper that she'd been called a woman and not a lady in the article reporting her misdemeanour.

Everyone knows that pickup lines don't work.

How do you get the party started?

If I knew that I'm sure Sam and Terror would have knocked on my door several months ago, at least. I think they're doing just fine on their own.

If you didn't play tunes what would you do?

Let's just say I have a head full of dreams. It would be a toss up between directing films, designing ocean-going catamarans, being a motor-cycle riding travel writer or bumming around Indo looking for decent waves with my kitesurfer. I categorically deny I have any desire to be President!

What's on your iPod?

Always a mix of old and new. The new: Elbow's 'The Seldom Seen Kid', Thomas Dybdahl's 'Science' and James de Villiers's 'Self Hypnosis' — no that's not music, but I hereby copyright it as a record title.

The old? My favourites: Massive Attack's 'Protection' and 'Blue Lines', David Gray's 'Life in Slow Motion', Seal's 'Seal', Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black', Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College, a load of Gillian Welch and a bunch of other random stuff.

You are having a dinner party, name four famous people you would invite?

Dave Chappelle for humour; Barack Obama for politics — I mean, come on, who wouldn't right now; Michel Gondry 'cos I want to know what's in his head; and Eva Green for an icy tongue and so that I could just stare at her all night.

Who was the last person you punched?

Sam Wilson in ninth grade.

When was the last time you cried?

That would be telling. But I just wrote a record about it. As Amy says, tears dry on their own.

Are you superstitious?

Why do you ask?

Meet anyone famous lately?

Well, I met Jonathan Shapiro — aka Zapiro — this week in the waiting lounge at e.tv. We were both going to be interviewed on the breakfast show, but it was 7am and I wasn't thinking straight to put it mildly. He's also probably the most famous, least recognised celebrity in the country right now! I said hi, but it was only when he walked out the door to the studio that I realised who he was. Idiot! I could have asked him about the 'shower'.

Best celebrity ever was Maxi Jazz from Faithless, who I bumped into on the stairs of a tiny house party in Brixton — we got to have a long and very trippy conversation about South Africa in the attic...

What are your fears?

I'm really not big into snakes. Except for pythons — they're big enough not to sneak around and cause trouble. I once wrapped a 20-foot Burmese python around myself and my seven- and nine-year-old cousins at the snake park in Durban while they were visiting from London. I can still hear the shrieking!

Your all-time greatest musician and song?

1985 was a great year, so I'd have to go for the MOO! song by the Matterhorn Project. Still have the LP single — what were those funny little disks called again?

What advertising slogan would describe you?

Superglue, I'm stuck on you.

Your goals and/or dreams for 2009?

In no particular order:

• Number One for the single 'Superglue' in at least one European country (Luxembourg doesn't count)
• Play three summer festivals on the Continent
• Paint my 1969 Alfa Spider a really nice shade of red
• Beat my guitarist Jedd Kossew at poker
• At least start recording the new record (physically in Stockholm, this time)
• Buy a cow