You're collaborating with people you don't even know, when you're making a film. You're collaborating with people you've never seen. So, the collaborative process is very, very different than when you're collaborating on a record with the musicians you've worked with all your life.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike.

It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your pants. There's a kind of nervy element about it.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.