I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when you don't do that and just let the genuine sound come through, there's a whole magic there.

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents.

If you can make it sound exciting with a joke drum machine, you know you've got something.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

London is a dead duck, as far as innovative new music is concerned, unless you want to have your head blown off with some outrageous, rubbish, pounding dance music.