What are your thoughts on modern music?

Oh, I really detest and loathe manufactured bands. And I'm not too convinced either about the opposite side of that, where people are having a reaction and just going into guitar bands, because people like Blur are making a positive statement to try and be a bit like the Beatles, and I think, "Well, haven't we already done that?"

The other side of things in terms of technology, is I don't think the young kids are really truly getting to learn what music really is. When I started, I had to record everything from tape and I had to play it all myself with my hands, and kids today they just get a few loops, and they've all been matched [already] and the synthesisers are pre-programmed, and they don't have to do anything.

They learn how to be good producers but they don't learn how to be good musicians at all. So they really lose out on a lot of the key skills. I had to learn them and I was actually quite a good keyboard player until my computer came along and I learn to programme, and I lost a lot of my physical keyboard playing skills.