Simon Fowler

“We’ve always been a bit of an outsider band, even during Britpop.”

“The whole Britpop thing was a media creation, to a certain extent... but it was a great time for British music.”

“Moseley Shoals was our defining moment. It changed everything for us.”

“We never wanted to be the biggest band in the world, we just wanted to be a good band.”

“You get to a certain age and you think, 'Well, this is what I do.' And you're very lucky to be able to do it.”

“The songs are the most important thing. If the songs are good, then everything else falls into place.”

“Playing live is the reason you do it. The records are just a souvenir of the songs.”

“I’m not a nostalgic person really, but when you look back at that period, it was incredible.”

“We were just lads from Birmingham who wanted to be in a pop group and be on Top of the Pops.”

“I've never really been a great self-publicist. I just write songs and play them.”