You Get To A Certain Age And

Culture Shouldn't Be A Pacifying Thing. It Shouldn't Be Something That You Just Passively Accept. I Think It Should Be Something That, In Some Ways, Is Quite Disruptive - Makes You Think And Question Things, And Actually Sparks Debate.

Hawkwind Are One Of Those Bands That People Introduce You To Because You Don't See Them On The Covers Of Magazines. I'd Heard 'silver Machine' But Russell Senior, Who Was In Pulp, Got Me Into Them. They Had A Song Called 'master Of The Universe' And We Nicked The Title In 1985 For One Of Our Songs.

If You Get Involved In Music Expecting To Make A Living Out Of It, Then You've Picked The Wrong Thing To Do. That Shouldn't Really Be In Your Mind.

There Isn't Much I Find Interesting To Write About In Middle-class Life.

You Don't Often Hear People Say, 'oh, Since He's Been Taking Them Drugs, He's Such A Nice Person! He's Really Come Out Of His Shell, He's Really Nice, He's Blossomed'.