Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people around you, and connected to what you really are inside. And it can make you think that the world should, and could, be a much better place. And just occasionally, it can make you very, very happy.

I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn't matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you've taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song.

Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.

We've got to get in to get out.

When we started OD2 in 1999, we were really expecting to work more with independents and so on because the major labels were spending millions on their own Pressplay and equivalents online, which haven't been very successful.

There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil.

I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child.