Occasionally I play the music for my mother when she demands to hear it and she always just says, 'Who is that singing? I don't like the singing.' And then she says 'Who's doing all that bumpety-bump noise?' It's all noise backing up horrible singing as far as she's concerned. She's not a show-biz mother.

The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.

It would be really nice to be able to put out releases that wouldn't be conditional upon an album format, and just put out music in different ways.

It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.

When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.

The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive.

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