Biography

January 21, 1965 · Brighton, England, UK

5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)

Founder-member of the group Massive Attack.

I've always felt that it's the point of the artist to try and challenge themselves and the audience at the same time.

Irony is a powerful, sincere force. Being able to reveal yourself without irony can be very pretentious. We've never been a band that likes to take itself too seriously, and sometimes when it comes across too seriously, I try to keep it theatrical.

You can quite happily exist in your own version of the world built around you, which you can build for yourself. As human beings, we create belief systems that make us feel happy with the choices we make. You'd have a lot of unhappy people regretting everything if they didn't create the belief system in which they could explain all their choices and feel like they've done the right thing.