A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way.

I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!

Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.

I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.

Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.

I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowers, and music, and love, and laughter, and ecstatic tears.

I would say my work is anti-ironic.

The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light.

To say that I haven't been motivated to play is absolute nonsense.

No one else can match the environment we're creating for expanding the game experience to everyone. Our path is not linear, but dynamic.

When a woman is allowed to become a man's equal, she becomes his superior.

We can't control the world, but we can control our reactions to it.

I’ve kissed death a thousand times before