Just because you can make an album on a laptop computer in your back bedroom doesn't mean it's going to be any good. Like any 'product', it has to come from a good original idea. There are no shortcuts!

To me, NOTHING is 'new'.

Young people are still experiencing the thrill of three chords and over-amplified guitars. They always will.

I think there are still plenty of free-thinking creative people out there. There always will be.

The first time I had work in a public space it felt very strange to see people that I didn't know looking and, and presumably commenting on, my work. Nowadays, I'm a bit more fatalistic - they either like the work or they don't and there's not a lot I can do about that. The trick seems to be not to get too pissed on open nights so that I can answer any questions without making a fool of myself. Doesn't always work!

It would be difficult to do art without music (music subsidises the art).

The internet has huge advantages but its downside is the easy access to resources.