If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

I love pop culture. I love to be inside of it, and step outside and look back in.

I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the tip of the iceberg with projects like decoding the human genome.

MTV didn't exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with.

I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.

I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.

You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.