People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people that don't live in big cities are just as likely to enjoy music as people that do live in big cities.

Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.

If you think the music business is the be-all and end-all of life, you're in big trouble.

I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.

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I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.