Quotes from Simon Le Bon

It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money'.

Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.

God created the world and then created the devil, to blame for his mistakes.

That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls.

We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.

Sad news- Prince is gone. Music has lost a great presence. A world less funky. I don't believe in it.

It's pathetic to have regrets about fashion. Things to do with my life, yes, I have regrets there.

You can set unachievable goals, and you can end up missing out on your life because, in some ways, ambition is kind of living in the future.

We were five heterosexual, good-looking men. We competed against each other for the sexiest girls... I won.

You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.

My kids love vinyl, I had to teach them how to put the needle on the records. Now they're worried about scratching the records, but it's incredible!

I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s.

I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.

After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.

I think repeating yourself is a sign of old age, telling the same joke again and again. Especially if they're jokes that don't make people laugh

There's no question that a vinyl record is a lot nicer than a CD. It's nicer to hold in your hands, you can do more with it.

Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.

You don't really want to be always thinking about the future, always thinking about where you're heading for. You've got to think about how you're getting there.