The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.

The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.

I still do mostly listen to CDs. I think that every format really is a different way of listening. If you take a different sort of psychological stance to it - like, I think the transition from vinyl to CD definitely marked a difference in the way people treated music. The vinyl commands a certain kind of reverence because it's a big object and quite fragile so you handle it rather carefully, and it's expensive so you pay attention to how it's looked after.

I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!

A big ego isn't necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.