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I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.
It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.
Maybe 'Can't Stop Feeling' and 'Turn It On' we'll just release as singles. It's a thing The Beatles used to do which I really loved, the idea of releasing something as a single completely on its own.
A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.
A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.
Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is.
Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.
Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.
Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!
Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop.
Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.
Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it.
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 didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.
I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.'
I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.
I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.
I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.
Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
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20 March, 1972
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