• "Being in suede is being alive in the most alive way possible." -Bernard on early Suede.

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• "Actually, we're a fucking great band. There is substance." --before leaving Suede.

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• "I'm not insane, I'm happy." ---on leaving Suede

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• "They were very cool, very in-their-own-world. And I wasn't." --on Brett and Mat

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• "I respect that many people like it, and it is difficult to remove yourself from a record sometimes in order to be fair. Having said that I left the band after spending months preparing the songs and arrangements for that record and as it progressed I decided that I couldn't be connected with a record I was unhappy with. Essentially bad judgement in production and lack of trust in my intuition caused a record that only I know could have been better...Lots of guitars and keyboards I played were left off the album, as were whole chunks of songs. Basically I hate the sound and feel of the record and so when I was refused to replace the producer even though I knew this was the only way I could stay, I knew my bluff had been called."--on DMS

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• "Insane, but my old man has just died and there was some serious shit going down at the time. I was just getting cornered by people - record company management - saying 'Why don't you like Brett? He's nice!'. I just wanted to go home." --on his last tour with Suede

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• "I don't know what people will think of me. Most people who make music in an intense way have got an element of self-destruction in them, I suppose. Sometimes when I've been on stage I've found myself quite shocking. I've been surprised by the side of me that comes out. I don't really like that side. I like what it sounds like, but I'm frightened about what it means....I didn't talk very much for a number of years, you know. I didn't have anyone to talk to. I just had sound.It's difficult to talk about Suede, because I'm still probably not clear about it, and I can't remember a lot of it, I wouldn't want to think that Suede is my life so far. I think now that what happened before Suede is more important in my life....I don't like the attitude of 'no regrets'. I remember good times, I remember bad times, I'm not embarrassed to say it all went wrong." ." ---on his personality

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• "I don't want to compete, I don't want to rival anybody. I don't believe in rivalries. You know, it would be nice if Suede liked by record - I don't want to have enemies. The war is over. I'm ready to go out and celebrate what I've got going for me." --on rivalries

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