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"There’s no problem with bands that sound like other bands if they’re happy with that, but I’ve always been keen on trying to have a characteristic, individual sound to The Wedding Present."

“It’s not just music, it’s life. We sing and we play about our loves and our lives and it’s done with great joy and emotion."

"We want to get in the faces of the people who have come to see us and try to push them, so they really can feel the adrenaline of the music.”

“When I come back from tour, that’s basically what I want to do – lock myself away and write. I’ve got a couple of songs I’m really happy with, a couple of new ones.”

“I wouldn’t say that our desire to do this stuff has receded, it’s just changed. Now when we go out on tour, we really want it to count."

“I think the appreciation for music over there is very different to here as well. I’m not sure why it is, but people are really intent on paying attention to music over there."

“Most of The Transplants met out at The Austin Hospital at the liver clinic out there. We were all so grateful to be alive; seriously, that we just thought, ‘Let’s get a band together to promote organ donation."

“My set on the day is going to be acoustic. I’m not sure yet if I’ll play my rock’n’roll tunes stripped back, or if I’ll be playing my slower, melancholy songs."

“Y’know, I’m sometimes asked what would the record have been like if [we] hadn’t taken a break, and I think the honest answer is that there couldn’t have been a record at that point."

“My favourite records are the ones that are a little puzzling in a way, as in they stand outside of time.”

I’m going to keep making records forever, as long as I feel enthusiastic about it, which I can’t really see that I won’t.”