When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.

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The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde...

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets....

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets....

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm...

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm...

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel...

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel...

It just doesn't mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I...

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on...

When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on...

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they...

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they...

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach...

My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach...

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by...

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by...

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't...

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't...

I don't do live things.

I don't do live things.

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you...

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you...

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to...

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to...