I Think The Pop Industry Is Still

There's Nothing Like The Eureka Moment Of Knocking Off A Song That Didn't Exist Before - I Won't Compare It To Sex, But It Lasts Longer.

In Some Ways We Live In A World Where Things Appear To Be Very Logical, Very Rational, And Mechanical Aspects Of Our World Are Rather Scientific And Rather Straightforward.

My Old School In Liverpool Is Now A Performing-arts School, And I Kind Of Teach There - I Use The Word Lightly - But I Go There And Talk To Students.

Sometimes You Write A Song In A Certain Era And It's Got A Certain Kind Of Significance.

I Think The 'just Say No' Mentality Is So Crazed. I Saw A Thing In A Women's Magazine The Other Day. 'he Smokes Cannabis, What Am I To Do? He Laughs It Off When I Try To Tell Him, He Says It's Not Really Harmful...' Of Course You're Half Hoping The Advice Will Be, 'well, You Know It's Not That Harmful; If You Love Him, If You Talk To Him About It, Tell Him Maybe He Should Keep It In The Garden Shed Or Something,' You Know, A Reasonable Point Of View. But Of Course It Was, 'no, No, All Drugs Are Bad. Librium's Good, Valium's Good. But Cannabis, Ooooh!' I Hate That Unreasoned Attitude.