There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.
I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.
It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.
Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism.
Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way.