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Usually, a band 20 years into its existence doesn't put out its best records.

The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven't a clue, and they don't care. You tell them that, and they go, Yeah? So, your point is?

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records.

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.

It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.

I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record.

The music industry is a world of smoke and mirrors: they tell you exactly what they think you want to hear. And they are bare-faced lying. I tend to stay away from that.

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time.

You can't trust an artist that just makes good records.