I've never used a PC in my life; I don't like them.

In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

In terms of what has been happening recently, there have been, I think, some really interesting new instruments that have come out that sort of show me the direction of the future. Korg has introduced the - they've had a whole series now of these things called Kaoss Pads. They're wonderful because they do get your muscles working again. And what DJs do, of course, with their DJ turntables now, the CD turntables, which have pitch change and speed change and everything else. They're doing something that I think is interestingly physical.

Quite often, and in fact more often, I would say, I'm struggling all the way through to think, "What is it I like about this? What is the personality of this thing I'm hearing that I like so much?" And it's nearly always a sort of mixed emotion, which is why I like it. It's something that I have mixed feelings about in the sense that it's both, say, placid and dangerous, or bitter and sweet, or dark and bright.

Put out as much as you can. It doesn't do anything sitting on a shelf.

I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.