26 Quotes by Robert Del Naja

I just get involved in things when people come to me: I'm not a musician-slash-activist, that's not the word.

Nostalgia is a strange and powerful emotion. As much we try and fight it and fight ourselves, it's very hard not to.

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.

I remember being given a demo of the 'World Wide Web' at Peter Gabriel's studio in the early 90s, and I had zero comprehension that I was staring into the future. I was just happy with my pager and teletext on the TV.

We resurrect 'Mezzanine' with a promise that we can break free from the data of the past and escape the feedback loops.

I stopped feeling nostalgia for the moment because I imagine myself looking back on it from the future, which really freaks me out.

I don't think I've got a problem with nostalgia, because a lot of the time things are self-referential.

I guess that is what I remember of 'Mezzanine': it was a proper struggle.

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.