I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action.

I try to have an open ear, but at the end, it would never change direction to where I think I should go. Because if I listened to everybody else, they're thinking about what's right now or what was the last thing - they're not thinking about what's next.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.

I don't know if there's any formula. I'm not sure I believe in that, to be honest. I don't know if there's any rhyme or reason to music. Sometimes it hits and sometimes it doesn't, really.

I think the biggest influence for me is when I hear a great piece of music, whatever the style, I'm kind of inspired by that greatness and I'm inspired to try and obtain something that comes close to that greatness.

It's a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.

Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do.