"We were never at the party, and Britpop was like a big party: people slapping one another on the back and getting beery and jingoistic. We could not have been more uninterested in that whole boozy, cartoon-like, fake working-class thing."
He is also admitted that he's surprised he's still alive, aged after 40, today after partying hard during Suede's heyday.
"I was always surprised I made it to 30," he said. "I was on a collision course. But once you've made it beyond a certain point, you are faced with two choices: carry on and end up killing yourself, or change your life radically. I chose the latter."