If I Ruled The World

Glen Matlock is the former Sex Pistol who has gone on to become a well-travelled solo musician, as well as play with the likes of Blondie, Iggy Pop and Primal Scream

- IAN CHADDOCK

In an ideal world, everyone would have a little Tannoy system that plays them "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", whatever the weather. When I was a kid, I used to be whisked off to Butlin's on my holidays with my mum and dad, which was kind of alright, looking back. In the mornings they used to wake you up for breakfast, if it was sunny, by playing "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" on the Tannoy, but if it was raining then they'd just give you breakfast. If it was played to you whatever the weather, it would just put you on the right foot.

A&R people would have to practise ways of saying "no" pleasantly. If they're not interested, they would just say that and not keep you waiting around for years. I think one of the best inventions for mankind is the mobile phone, because it's saved me a lot of time-no longer waiting in all day for a phone call that never comes and instead being able to go out and have a coffee and wait for a phone call that never comes. If everyone learned to say "no" nicely in a timely fashion, then everyone would know where they stood.