Robert Del Naja

I don't think I've got a problem with nostalgia, because a lot of the time things are self-referential.

— Robert Del Naja

Rumours of me being Banksy are greatly exaggerated. We are all Banksy.

— Robert Del Naja

If the EU and the US pressured Israel for change and forced the end of the blockade, we might get somewhere. That…

— Robert Del Naja

You can quite happily exist in your own version of the world built around you, which you can build for yourself.

— Robert Del Naja

I mean, I love buying albums, I'm obsessed, but now you just click 'add', don't you? And when do you actually listen…

— Robert Del Naja

There's a rumour that we actually make all our albums in the last six months before they're released and the rest of…

— Robert Del Naja

I'm not a total pessimist; I'm excited by the future as well.

— Robert Del Naja

I stopped feeling nostalgia for the moment because I imagine myself looking back on it from the future, which really freaks me…

— Robert Del Naja

Massive Attack has always been more of an experiment than a band or even a collective.

— Robert Del Naja

I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and…

— Robert Del Naja

When you're on tour. there's a contract between you and the audience: do what you want, as long as you do what…

— Robert Del Naja

As human beings, we create belief systems that make us feel happy with the choices we make. You'd have a lot of…

— Robert Del Naja

I'm really excited by science and technology and the whole social media thing. I think it's fascinating. But at the same time…

— Robert Del Naja

When you look at Banksy's work as a catalogue of ideas, it's undeniably brilliant. Going back to my days doing stencil work…

— Robert Del Naja

In my opinion, Israel has the right to its security in as much as the Palestinians have the right to resist occupation.…

— Robert Del Naja

Nostalgia is a strange and powerful emotion. As much we try and fight it and fight ourselves, it's very hard not to.

— Robert Del Naja

It's good to learn and be engaged and listen to people, see what's going on. But that's not the motivator: if I…

— Robert Del Naja

It's been well documented how we start to believe in our virtual or digital selves more than our real selves, but it's…

— Robert Del Naja

I guess that is what I remember of 'Mezzanine': it was a proper struggle.

— Robert Del Naja

After touring an album, you have this strange void that follows it, where you feel slightly displaced, like you've just finished with…

— Robert Del Naja

I've always been interested in Catholic iconography. My dad's from Naples and I was brought up in a Roman Catholic school.

— Robert Del Naja

I have total faith in the next generation. Looking at their response to climate change is really interesting and, again, that's the…

— Robert Del Naja

I was looking at the work of the New York street artists and then discovering Basquiat and Haring after that and seeing…

— Robert Del Naja

I just get involved in things when people come to me: I'm not a musician-slash-activist, that's not the word.

— Robert Del Naja

I remember being given a demo of the 'World Wide Web' at Peter Gabriel's studio in the early 90s, and I had…

— Robert Del Naja