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I considered moving to New York or Los Angeles, but they're two of the hardest places to move to when you're just starting out in a band.

It costs a lot of money to make an album in a studio in New York with a producer and musicians. I have to pay a publicist every month. I have to pay for mastering, production, the manufacturing of the discs. Then, to promote an album properly, you have to spend a lot of money.

The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.

I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.

You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is the prevalent form.

The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.

There are so many musicians in New York, and there is this energy and fire in this city that inspires you and makes you want to learn and to get out there. People are constantly evolving and constantly creating here, and you get pushed along just by being in that energy.

New York vintage is too expensive!

On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge.

It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band.