Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.

Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.

The way the music industry is now geared, it's fewer accolades towards new and upcoming acts. New bands offer bright creativity. It's a set format. A venue would rather hire a DJ than a band, and that's a problem.

I've always strived to maintain a very healthy, friendly working situation, and lo and behold, it only took forty years, so the next sixty are looking bright. You're dealing with human beings on the cutting edge, and there's bound to be tension. You have to be make room for that, and you can't be too unreasonable, because that's everybody else's role.

I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.