I trained as a classical guitarist but that was it.

There's no point apologizing about where you come from.

To be able to play and get loads of people together is really cool.

I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?

Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration.

For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing.

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.