For the sound we produce, everybody is equally important. Each of us has a very different personality and that is what keeps Bush alive.

I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.

I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.

Most people who are on the road are pretty damaged. It's an escapist's life. It's not a life that forces you to look in the mirror at where you're at and what you're doing. It's one where you leave the mirror behind. I think that appeals to something in all of us. On the open road, all of your regrets are out the window.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.