Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.

Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.'

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

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.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

You can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has passed. You have to be aiming for something that's original - that's the only way you can have any kind of impact.