Quotes from Keith Flint

I'm incredibly self-destructive.

I know that I'm with the best people I can be, and my arsenal of sounds and songs and tracks is as good as it could possibly be. Don't be in a band unless you feel that.

Some of these DJs have screens, 3D blocks, flames, gas and even a trapeze. It's like looking at a really stupid customised car.

Trouble is, I'm definitely on the spectrum somewhere - there's a dysfunctional side.

America is really happy to be sold something.

I've always had mental problems, so to speak.

People ask if I would do the TT myself - the actual romance of doing it is in me but the chances are zero. I can't belittle the talent and the bravery and the endurance that goes into a race like this. The competitors are some of the bravest men on the planet and it is one of the biggest challenges a racer can take on.

I'm sorry, I'm not a performing monkey.

I'm not the kind of guy who can be sitting around listening to Joni Mitchell, chilling. I'd rather bash my head against a wall.

I think anyone who's willing to be brutally honest with who they are and express themselves is always going to get the oddball label, the pyscho label, the twisted label. That's what happens.

That's just the way the world's going - everything has to be so instantly commercial that it kills anything that's a little bit underground instantly.

Everything's so commercialised it shuts down the underground.

I like jokes and one-liners. I enjoy entertaining and making people laugh, being the funny man. But when I'm launched into unfamiliar environments I shut down, and as I relax then my character emerges.

It's a bit of a bold statement, but the Prodigy should be seen as an important cultural band.

I don't hear anyone out there that sounds like us. They can try but it's in the sonics, the whole carcass of the song. The way it attacks you is so well engineered. No one else can do that. They don't have the ability to make that noise.

We've stood by who we are and we didn't listen to anyone else.

Going onstage is like going into battle. You're ultimately there to win. It's driven and fuelled by passion and a desire to do it.

I just do my thing onstage - it's just what happens. No one, even if they're into the band, can know it's as natural and real as anything can be. I don't think about it.

If you're onstage thinking about what you're going to eat when you get offstage, it's time to finish.

When we walk onto that stage I'm not feeling like I'm ruled by any other band.

I'm not sure if I'd call myself an extrovert. I think I'm a bit contradictory. I like being endearing and venomous at the same time. I guess it's one part of myself fighting against the other part, proving that I'm not that nice all the time.

What I like about Japanese venues is that the front barrier is right up against the stage, so when you're bending over, they're right there in front of you. In some European festivals, they're so paranoid, you need a taxi to go and touch the crowd!

It can only sound one way with the Prodigy - vicious, banging and, yeah, incites a riot.

I'm proud to say I've never listened to that 'Gangnam Style.'