When you’re on tour. there’s a contract between you and the audience: do what you want, as long as you do what we want. You’re having to play with the past at every gig. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and breathes and defecates independently of the artist. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
I was looking at the work of the New York street artists and then discovering Basquiat and Haring after that and seeing how the contemporary art scene was, and then going back into Warhol and all that was happening in the 60s. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
After touring an album, you have this strange void that follows it, where you feel slightly displaced, like you’ve just finished with the circus and you’ve got to find a new job. You think, OK, what shall we do next. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
There’s a rumour that we actually make all our albums in the last six months before they’re released and the rest of it is procrastination. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
If the EU and the US pressured Israel for change and forced the end of the blockade, we might get somewhere. That pressure should also come culturally, with from without and within. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
In my opinion, Israel has the right to its security in as much as the Palestinians have the right to resist occupation. Israel has the power in this perpetual stalemate, as it also has the power to break it and begin a meaningful peace process. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
I mean, I love buying albums, I’m obsessed, but now you just click ‘add’, don’t you? And when do you actually listen to anything? You know, unless you’re in the car or you’ve got time to do that, it’s just not the same world any more in terms of concentration. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
I don’t think I’ve got a problem with nostalgia, because a lot of the time things are self-referential. Robert Del Naja Read Quote
