That's one of the good things about a lot of the young British bands, they are mixing all styles of music. I think that's very good because that's very now.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

I don't think that being in a full-time relationship is necessarily for everybody all of the time. It's not necessarily some state of grace.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.

Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.