Andrew Eldritch

People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic. ”

But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it. ”

We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour. ”

Apparently, I have a totally different sense of humour. ”

I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I still don't think I can sing, but somehow I get away with it. ”

Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone. ”

Nothing has changed in our relationship with East West. We have no relationship with East West. We've been withholding our labour for almost seven years now. ”

I'm not sure it pays to do anything remotely public in Britain. It's such a spiteful society. People seem to enjoy making your life hard for the sake of it. ”

Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way. ”

The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard. ”