Live, we know we haven't reached the heights of excitement we had with Richey. The sound and the playing are good, but in terms of us looking at one another and knowing we could take on the world, change people's lives...we haven't regained that and without Richey, without the aura, perhaps we never will. Nicky (1996) I couldn't be friends with him again. Just for the sake of us three. If it went off again, just imagine how much it would fuck you up. It's my biggest nightmare - what would I do if Richey turned up and wanted to know me again? It's really scary. James (1996) We're not going to use any more of Richey's lyrics. We only used them on this album (Everything Must Go) because he actually heard the songs. They were works-in-progress before he left. We wouldn't want to write a song without him hearing it in any shape or form. Maybe It'd be better to publish them in a little book. They're not like lyrics anyway, they're more like poems. Nicky (1997) I haven't got any ambition left at all any more. All that young man's ambition has been sucked out of me. I don't want to tour the world and change people's lives any more. I don't want to convert people to my way of thinking. All that's gone, It feels like we've given so much, and I just look back and think that maybe if we'd gone about things in a different way we could all be sitting here now, healthy, happy, stable, successful people. Nicky (1996)

I do feel pressure. More to become a replacement for Richey than anything, and I'm certainly not going to do that. We're not ever going to get another guitar player in, even though we could do with one. Mind you, they wouldn't exactly be queuing for that one, would they? 'Guitar player required. Must mutilate himself on stage and cart impossible demands on shoulders for ever... Nicky (1996) We've set up a trust fund so that all Richey's royalties go into this account. If he ever turns up, he's got his share. That was really depressing going through all that legal shit. You've got to wait seven years before he's declared dead. We were signing all these forms, we wanted everything to be so proper, so if he ever turns up it's all there for him. But doing that, it just makes him seem like a number. It's really sad. Nicky (1995) Maybe one day we could use the lyrics Richey left behind, but we need to come to terms with what's in there. There's some good stuff in there... I know you can't get much bleaker than The Holy Bible... but after that we didn't think people were ready for songs about cutting the feet off ballerinas. Nicky (1995) One way or another, things will never be the same. It's looking over and not seeing Richey knock back his ten vodkas. We'll never fill that gap. We'll never get another guitarist. James will never go over to that side of the stage. Nicky (1996)