As you get older you realize how important your emotional response is to any kind of music.

The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters.

You should approach technological things in a nostalgic way.

People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.

I don't listen to much modern composition.

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?

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