When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.

I'm kind of an evangelical atheist.

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

Given the chance, i'll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season's over.

The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.