Every time I go to Africa, I see the future. I see what the Western world is going to become. It's a very futuristic place.

There's need to be some sort of disturbance in your psyche for creativity to be sparked.

If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge.

Yeah. You've seen The Sun today; I've got myself a big house, settled down. Apart from the odd night out with the New Fathers' Club, I'm a family man now.

I was naive enough to believe it would be enough to replace the government. Well, I made fun of the people in the government and then realized that even if we got rid of them, they were replaced by exactly the same guys.

I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles.

Each individual has their own opinions about whether war is an answer to any problems. Personally I think it's a waste of time, but I think more importantly, that it's is an issue that we haven't had any say in. That's why I feel so strongly about it. I don't feel like we've really been given any choice in this matter. I think if you had a referendum tomorrow, Tony Blair would have no choice but to call off the war.