gavin--nigel--dave--robin

Quotations may or may not be completely accurate.


"I learned a lot of things in Transvision Vamp, we were a pretty good band, but I think Bush is probably a better band. And the music is a bit different, but still a punk effort."

"I think that every different type of music you listen to you pick up something. Hopefully you're going forwards. You have a larger library of music and influences and feelings in your head."

"We're never going to make ourselves sick worrying about what others think about us."

"We've certainly have come a long way. It's really hard for me to believe that so much has happened in a relatively short period of time.  It seems like only yesterday that the first album was about to come out. So much has happened to us since then. We held some of the strangest jobs in the world while we waited to break. We painted houses, worked  in a take-out sushi restaurant and were short order cooks. Believe it when I tell you that being in a successful band is a lot more fun than any of that!"

" We're stuck in a hole!"

"It's interesting how somebody can come along and say we are going to make a record that sounds like Pavement and everyone accepts that." -Dave talking about how Blur went and made a new album proudly 'sub-Pavement'

"They like the fact that the album is packed with songs everyone can play. When they come to a gig, they get excitement, something to take them away from everyday life."

"Anyone lose a shoe? It's a nice shoe I think I'll keep it!"

"This can be the best job in the world when you're playing to thousands of screaming fans who love your songs. And it can be the worst job in the world when you're sick, and can't cancel.You just keep going. Keeping a sense of humor is very important."

"I have a great tatoo!"

"Some nights we walk onto stage backwards."

"I suppose it was proper pop stardom and it was brilliant and funny. I had a real good time doing all the things I wanted to do. It could have been my only chance to do something like that. Fortunatley fate has proved otherwise!" - in reference to Transvision Vamp.

"Well, playing in Transvision Vamp was fun. It's always good to go forward. I feel more musically fulfilled playing with BUSH than I probably did with them. It was really good fun while I did it. BUSH is sort of happening now, so feel the difference."

"When the music feels right, you go with it."

"Between the four of us, there's too much piss-taking going on for it to ever become Spinal Tap. People would have the piss ripped out of them in a  second!"

"Well, yes. And the problem is that in a lot of European countries you  can't really get food at all at certain times, either because you can't speak the language, or because everywhere is shut." - when asked if the food is better in America.

"All the bands we've been compared to who have broken big in America - like The Cranberries and Radiohead - have had records out over here  first. We never did."

"They like the fact that the album is packed with songs everyone can play. When they come to a gig, they get excitement, something to take them away from everyday life." - in response to Bush's popularity in the US.