Pop music is about running away and getting the girl, and I’ve done that. OK, I’ve done what you told me to do – what do I do now? That’s when I started listening to classical music. I heard the William Tell Overture and thought, ‘that sounds amazing! Suddenly a new world of music opened up for me. Now I listen to classical music and it makes sense to me.

-Alex James (the bassist in the British band Blur)