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We felt if we didn't have new material in us and we didn't have a real reason to exist, then we probably wouldn't have done an 80's revival thing. We are very conscious about the fact that's what we are as a bunch of people.
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Melodic songs that people can relate to has always been our thing.
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Everybody was on the same page. Nobody has really gone out there on a different musical journey. When we got back together again, we all wanted to do the same kind of music.
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I think maybe my attention span is too long to tweet.
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From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it.
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If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.
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I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.
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It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money.
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This is a very screwed-up business. Record labels don't sign a lot of bands these days. We just want to find a home and stay there and make records and do our thing and not have to look over our shoulder.
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I love pop culture. I love to be inside of it, and step outside and look back in.
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I succumbed to hedonism.
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We play a long show, and you can't beat yourself up too much over it, as physically you just kill yourself. It was always good fun on the road and it still is.
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That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls.
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When you don't have a record label and you have been on your own as we have, you can look at all these other ways you can get in touch with other people and get music out there again.
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I still love music - that's never gonna go away.
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You want to have stability in the commercial aspect of your operation.
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I think it's important when you make a record that you know you're working with the people who are going to get the best out of you.
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You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.
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Those were the days, you know. It's an English thing; as soon as it's gets to 6 pm, you have to go and have a drink. We used to stick to that religiously.
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I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s.
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Complaining doesn't make a difference; it's useless and it's wasted energy.
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Having a studio at home is like having a gym at home - sometimes you're just better off going out.
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When you are younger, you are running on that pure naive adrenalin, you don't have any real responsibility aside from making sure you get there and play. And there's usually someone there to help you do that!
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To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.