Midge Ure

“Every band that I've been in, it's just been a different aspect of my personality.”

“The great thing about technology is that it allows us to do things that we couldn't do before.”

“You learn from your mistakes... and I have a lot of education.”

“You can't really write a song about a happy, successful relationship. You need a bit of turmoil.”

“Being in a band is like being in a marriage. It's a compromise.”

“I’ve always been drawn to the melancholy in music.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I don't look back.”

“Band Aid was a classic example of four people coming together with a great idea.”

“I think the synthesizer is the sound of the future. It has been for the last 30 years.”

“Music has the power to change things. It did with Band Aid. It can do it again.”

“The guitar is a wonderful instrument. It’s a sad, soulful, lonely instrument.”

“The idea was to create something that would be of its time, but also timeless.”