Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly ….

I wanted to make a record that sounded like a continous piece.

I was always taught as a kid that if there's anything you want in life, you've got to work towards it. I guess that sort of stayed with me, really..

I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with..

You do your runway show, and it's all over the Internet before I see anything on there..

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter..

I never get too many problems. You can never please everyone anyway, obviously. And some people take the easy route and just play the greatest hits, ….

Our campaigns have always been based on what we consider music icons that transcend generations and they're not of the moment - they continue to evol….

I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost. There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with pe….

Music's totally eclectic now. I saw a DJ the other day, he was on Virgin radio over here, and he said he played "Going Underground", the Jam song, on….

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that..

When I got into the Beatles, I must have only been about six or seven but old enough to take notice. We used to have an old radiogram which, for read….

The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a black, grey and white tie-dye grandad vest. It was t….

If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals..

You can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well..

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it..

The Jam were a good band, however I feel that the Style Council were better. A lot of people I know will disagree with me. Some things we did with Th….

There's always peripheral things that you like that you don't know, but starting with whatever his British influences are, are some of my favourite a….

Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids' rang a bell for kids all ….

The way that house music has become so white and so sanitized over the decades and the fact it's still going on, well I think it's sad really, but at….

There are areas of music that I've never been to before, so that's always nice thing to have in life. That there are other areas you haven't been to.….