It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records.

Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it.

There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean?

Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul....it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great songs. And, besides, I'd like to raid their wardrobe.

I remember the 70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and Manchester, and you know the bin-workers' strike, all wrapped up in it... They were violent times. Violence at home and violence at football matches.

We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing.

Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.