Concerning iTunes, the deals have mainly been done with the record companies. But the artists, with some exceptions, haven't been very well-represented. This is partly because the record companies have largely been copyright owners.

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.

Whenever we defend democracy we find oil.

Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.

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

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 think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, a lot of different styles of music, a lot experimental stuff that everyone else feeds off.