I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but it's not very pleasing to the ear.

There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.

The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special.

I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.

We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.

Yeah, I still feel as if I have things to do really. I'm not ready to stop.