If I knew exactly what I wanted to say, then I wouldn't write the song.

I'm in no way proud to be British at all, really. I'm just not interested in the place. When Blair first came to power I got heavily involved in reading all about what was going on, about his 'third way' and how he was going to develop a relationship with business which was going to be of benefit to this country. That obviously was never going to ( Read more... )

Hopefully, this'll be the last time rock musicians are allowed to behave like idiots and get away with it. For me, that's dull. They should all go home, and get a life and go and listen to something else. I don't think that's sour grapes because I'm over 30.

That same week, they played primetime TV show Saturday Night Live.That was the highlight of the past year. Because were played really well. And the versions we did of "Idioteque" and "The National Anthem"...for me it was like being a child and somebody saying, "You have ten minutes of television in America, completely live, no gaps, and you can do ( Read more... )

We're screaming hypocrites. No, we are ( Read more... )

I tell you what's really ridiculous--going into a bookshop and there's all these books about yourself. In a way, it feels like you're already dead. So you've got a kind of license to start again.
People presume everything you write is completely personal... it feels weird, like someone walking over your grave.

...The mystery is not intended. On "Life In A Glasshouse" I'm desperate for people to understand all the words because they're really important. It began after I read this interview with the wife of a very famous actor who the tabloids completely hounded for three months like dogs from hell. She got the copies of the papers with her picture and she ( Read more... )

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Oh, I did go pop. I definitely went pop ( Read more... )

In order to evolve you can't let the lifestyle--which is a horrendous word that I hate--take over. You can't let the life you choose to lead take over from the reason you got to lead that life in the first place. And the culture surrounding the rock business is itself a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. Which is why I get so jealous of artists who ( Read more... )