Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.

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.

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.

The fact is that you don't want to be away forever, but you want to lead a normal life.

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

America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!