After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.

These days I think people give up too easily. Everyone says it’s about compromise, which it is. Love, compromise, promises, presents help. But ultimately it’s about not giving up. People are led to believe that if it’s not perfect then just ditch it and change it, these days. That’s a mistake.

Ambition is a funny thing. You can completely screw yourself with it if you're not careful.

It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money'.

Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.

You can set unachievable goals, and you can end up missing out on your life because, in some ways, ambition is kind of living in the future.

I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s.