"The goal of any musician, is to make something that people can connect to - the song has taken on it's own kind of thing, in a way"

The ever genial host popped into the studio to chat with Steps about the upcoming 5th season of the hit podcast

In a wee bit of a nonsense segment, Maeve answers some 50/50s, doesn't fare so well

John and Steps chat on the subject of well known but oft maligned myths...

“So many people work comfortable lives, but their real passion is waiting outside of work, that’s what Prison Dorée is about”

“It’s a competition, sure — but we genuinely support each other, and that’s what makes it special.”

In no particular order AND likely not the same as if you asked me NOW

"Performing is energy based. If you've got that mindset you can get through anything. The fans have been amazing, It blows me away."

Your daily mid-morn to lunch meeting companion is back on the airwaves

"As somebody who always likes keep to going forward, maybe in some ways, we got far away from our early sound, we've brought that back. The timing is right

"I live and die by my songs - the problem we've got is that our records keep getting better"

"On Futique, the mantra became 'let Biffy be Biffy', we let things roll and went for all the fun we could find"

"My place in the world has changed, and that is what I write about these days"

"We took everything at face value... nothing was real until it was real - you have to manage your expectations"

"We embraced the more obvious cliches of Femme Fatale, to bring a little coherence in our approach, it helped bring everything together"

“Moving to London and getting signed by Alan McGee, moved us to the 2nd Division, as opposed to Sunday League, our eyes are on the Premier League"

"This record is us delivering something a little more mature. We have taken some risks and been a lot more creative"

"You can say a lot in the way you can touch somebody and I was really interested in exploring that idea sonically"

”We don’t need external people to tell us ’you should do this or do that’ – it’s US first in making what we feel is a true record”

“Something really weird has happened to Shed Seven over the past few years, and it all sees to be going right”

"I hope that CIEL's music brings some sort of emotion to people, if it can help someone when they are in need that would be massive for me"

"I am humbled by those who are inspired by me, or by what I am trying to do. I am human. I make mistakes and you know, it's OK to be not OK"

"It's not like we've had a hit record completely out of the blue - we've just happened to write a number of songs that appear to connect with people""

"We felt with this record (TIME) things were different, the world is different, we are different and we needed to get that 'down'"

“There’s a lot of fragmented information about me online – just because someone has a voice and access to the internet, it doesn't mean they should"

The travelling musician stopped by RTL Today to talk up touring and NOT smashing guitars.

“The live show, for us, is everything, it’s a really beautiful and intense experience”

We are onboard the Superbowl party vibes AND on how Luxembourg is getting a little bit of the Italian 'touch'

"A lot of our songs involve the theme of finding empowerment around choosing to be by yourself"

“We are all really just a brain floating around in a meat sack”

“Music is romantic, it’s a beautiful, magical thing, something that you share with each other that you don’t get from a robot handing it to you“

“My most fruitful time for writing is in the fall/winter, for whatever reason I end up making more things in the cold months"

“I grew up buying records, falling in love with them - playing them over & over, I like for the emotion to come out - for it to feel very real and raw"

“The media distorts your personality and creates an out sized version of who you really are – someone you don’t really recognise”.

“This record took a long time to write, so I didn’t so much pour, as dribbled, my heart out on it”

"If my mind is a nightclub, then I'm hiding in the cloakroom, not on the dancefloor..."

"We could have just coasted on our 10th record, but we set ourselves some challenges...hopefully we are going to surprise some people!"

"Working with David Wrench on our record (Teething) was an incredible opportunity and experience - especially considering the acts he has worked with"

“We have spent a long time writing these songs…and that’s the beautiful thing of recording an album, we can explore all avenues…musically”

"Our habits as music fans, has probably informed and influenced the way we make music"

"I feel sometimes, that we've kinda put the people we collaborated with through hell. We've had tears, where there's been an epiphany...a release!"

"Boredom is a really powerful tool, when you're creating. If you eliminate all of the outside 'noise', you're left with the true version of yourself"

"I used to be of the philosophy that if something was not difficult, it wasn't of great enough value"

Before her first show in Luxembourg at Marionnette, Stella joined guest host Ben Andrews to chat about the show.

"I don't want people to just stand around, you can stand around at home. Let loose, have a party. That's really the vibe of a Sextile show"

"We enjoy watching people go crazy, lose their shit and having fun...that's what we want to do too"

Oli and Yves popped into the studio to talk the recent past, the now so present and the immediate future

"Tokenism, is a dangerous thing in the music industry, when people see a female fronted band, the press assume 'oh, they must hate men', that is an issue"

"I'm super proud of our older records and what they did, people react. People enjoy the songs. I really enjoy that energy and those moments"

"Touring is a lifeline, in reality it's where the money is at. If you can't tour, it is very difficult to exist"