I Didn't Really Feel Any Pressure When

Our Band Stereophonics Never Wanted To Release A Couple Records And Be The Biggest Band In The World For 10 Minutes. We Always Wanted To Stand The Test Of Time, And Make Great Music That People Would Want To Listen To And That Music Lasts. We'd Looked Up To Artists And Bands That Had Big Back Catalogues.

It's A Completely Different Way Of Working When You Have Your Own Place For Recording. It's Like If You Were A Painter, And You Do Loads Of Painting, And You Just Pick Which Paintings You Want To Exhibit. It's A Much Nicer, Freer Way Of Making Work; You're Not Limited To Anything, And You Can Make These Cool, Weird Little Albums.

The Press Will Naturally Come And Go As It Has Done With All Artists, From David Bowie To Neil Young To U2.

The Culture's Changed Massively. The Kids Are Different, With The Phones And Stuff. Even If You Like A Song, You Don't Really Know Who The Artists Are, It's A Lot More Faceless, It's A Lot Less Tribal. When We Were Growing Up It Was Much More Tribal - It Was Rock, It Was Grunge. Now People Like Songs, [but] They Don't Necessarily Know The Song's Origins. I Don't Know How You Would Feel Angry At The World, Or Distressed, Because Most People Are Constantly Distracted Or Consumed.

Japan Is Quite Weird Because They Wait For You To Say Something Before They Respond. You Can Literally Hear A Pin Drop, They Don't Make A Sound Until You Say Something To The Crowd.