Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do..

I look for that stimulation constantly. I'm looking for inspiration and stimulation. Not bored with what we've done..

I get bored quickly. I kind of take my hat off to bands who have been around for a long time and still do the same thing, because it's hard to keep a….

You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I've always been successful. Maybe I've rewritten the same so….

I love the Kinks, but I like all sorts of music. If I stay at home at night and play records, I just go through the whole spectrum, really. I just lo….

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up..

Being a musician is a noble profession..

I saw an interview with Keith Richards. He said, 'How else could a kid in Dartford suddenly connect with and understand what Muddy Waters is singing?….

I've not had Botox, no..

If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60..

Nothing wrong with pop..

I try to have an open ear, but at the end, it would never change direction to where I think I should go. Because if I listened to everybody else, the….

There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them..

I only put an album out every two or three years..

If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress..

The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff..

It's always good to play New York. The Apollo is a great gig. I loved that..

When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you have you throw awa….

In my world [of fashion] there's more things that kind of affect it. There's the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team….

I just pretty much love from 1966 to 1972, that's my time. I think everything that needs to be said was said within that time. That's just a subjecti….

I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action..