I'm still amazed by the process of recording.

I'm a bit of lunatic with shoes and jackets and jeans. It's just how I am.

I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer.

You know Manchester is always a bit of a hard place for people coming from London, just with all the history. Manchester has this immensely huge and healthy history musically.

My hobby is my job. it's a jobby!

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.

When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead.