I Just Found This World

Rock Music Is The Province Of The Young, And It Should Be Made By Young People. I'm Not Running Around In A Pair Of Spandex Tights Trying To Reclaim My Youth.

The Way People Reacted To Me In Dressing Rooms And So On Was Incredibly Aggressive. They Know Every Record And They Seem To Think They Should Nudge Me Or Bump Into Me As They Go Past. It Was This Incredible Performance That Used To Amuse Me. In The Early Days, People Were Drawn Towards Us Like They'd Be Drawn Towards A Car Smash...there Is A Definite Relationship Between That Fanaticism And The Fan That, As A Performer, You Expose More Of Yourself, Of The Undercurrents Of Your Personality. Most Rock Personalities Subdue That Or Choose Not To Explore It.

Everybody Tends To Overplay Live. That's Just The Nature Of Playing Live. And That Can Be Great, But It Can Also Kill Something That's Special, And Intimate, About A Recorded Version Of A Song. You Find Out Very Quickly Which Songs You Can Play, And Which Songs You Do Damage To By Playing Them Live.

I've Always Been At War With The Guitar. All Vocalists Are Fighting A War With The Electric Rhythm Guitar.

When I Start Writing Songs, And They Come Easily, I'm Always Very Suspicious. That Usually Means They're Reminding Me Of Something I've Already Done Before. When The Songs Become Unsettling, And I Feel Anxious About What I'm Doing, That Usually Means It's Going To Be More Interesting Later On When We Actually Record The Stuff.