The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous.

When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you have you throw away, because it's always going to end up sounding pretty different from what you initially thought of. I probably only had about five or six songs when I started, and it just sort of flowed from that.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

I still want to do what I want to do, but we also have to think about some sense of protecting the business that's out there as well.

I love the Kinks, but I like all sorts of music. If I stay at home at night and play records, I just go through the whole spectrum, really. I just love music.