A buzzy, mechanical gear sound as the internal rollers push out the film sheet. I just love that sound. For me, Polaroid was my first introduction to photography, as my parents had one at home that came out for birthdays and special occasions – at £1 a shot, it was not cheap, but it's what got me hooked on photography.

When I began touring with bands, I shot stills and film using more traditional methods but always carried a Polaroid camera with me. "The shots I got with it remain some of my favourites – the colour 600 film had such a great look, and it really did capture the moment like nothing else. I would experiment using torches and putting tape over the flash to get different effects." Oasis, Paul Weller, Pearl Jam, Public Enemy, Eddie Vedder, The Rolling Stones, Lemmy, Tom Jones, Stereophonics, and many more have looked through the lens of my Polaroid cameras. "The colours and the vibe were only available from a Polaroid, long before Instagram filters came along, and the prints allowed me to experiment when it came to producing artworks – I would paint over them, cut them up and make giant paper and canvas versions. I would see something new to photograph, and I would know exactly where that shot would work with others I had taken; I like to group them in similar colours and genres. I took some shots of John Malkovich which I then turned into a two-metre-high collage artwork he commissioned.