Melody Maker - November 3rd to November 9th 1999 
On the  Holy Bible and it's Aftermath 
With the release of 'The Holy Bible' there was nowhere for us to go. Something needed to change. It was just unfortinuate, obviously, that it changed under those circumstances. With 'Everything Must Go', it was a consicious decision to make our feeling public, so that no stone was  unturned. It was a consicious decision to set the record straight. When you're young, you've got so many ideas of changing things. In time, you realise the world is a much bigger place and there's a lot more people to convert than just a handful. That's when you become very introspective. For us, that means that the idea of being alive being the most important thing. 
Everything Must Go 
It was a very traumatic and emotional time and it was gonna reflect in our work. Nick's our sole lyricist now, so it's his feelings, although they do reflect the band as a whole, cos we've been in and out of each others pockets for a good two decades. Lyrics that are sad usually reflect in a very sad and melancholy melody. Thankfully, this time we had more of a lust-for-life feel to it. Since the death of our manager Phillip and the disappearance of Richey, we've suffered enough not to suffer any more. We're more drawn to the hopeful. It's more of a 'life' trip that we're on now. 

Bliss - August 1999 
What is the Manics’ contribution to modern culture? 
Sean "Absolutely nothing whatsoever, probably. Will people know who the Manic Street Preachers are 50 years from now? Probably not" 
Do you think the three of you are sexy enough? 
Sean "No, Not at all. It’s just because we have become old and bloated" 
What do people get wrong about you? 
Sean "They always try to break us down into individuals, and I think Manic Street Preachers is more of a collective thing. Though Richey is lost to us, it’s the loss of a limb - part of the machine is missing - it’s still the Manic Street Preachers" 

Sometime about Summer 1999 - Talking  about Fame
"It's not that we've done anything extrodinary, or anything special or anything beyond our means. We've achieved it just by doing what we do"

"For me, it's life . You get up in the morning, you put on your clothes, you eat."

"I never get too over-enthuisiastic about anything because  I always find it's very short-lived. I take things at face value and I take things as they come. When it's good, it's fantastic. But I never tend to dwell upon it, because it's in the past, it's gone. We've been through so much as a band, it's very difficult to enjoy yourself"

"This phase of supposedly being the Band At C&A is fine by me. Except I’ve got my Harvey Nicks charge card now. Pop down to the sales, pick up Armani jeans for £40" 1997 

"When we started the idea of Welsh music was like the Ivory Coast at the Olympics: one bloke carrying the flag and one walking behind. Now there’s more of us we can carry our banner with pride." 1997 

"It was absolutely everything to me. My idea was about to come true, natural talent. Something you’re born with. We always knew the band was going to work, and it was just down to us to make it happen" 1996 

"I used to commute in on the train. Regular work. Drum until six and then go home. It was like a little office job." 1996 

"From the age of ten I was very much isolated as an individual, entirely self-sufficient. I live from day to day" 1996 

" On the Suede tour James was pissed all the time and was lying in bed until five every day. I had my moments" 1996 

"Splitting up was perhaps a possibility right up till the first time we practised together (after Richey’s disappearance)." 1996  

"In a way it was like the very first rehearsal. We were apprehensive and unsure of what would happen. It wasn’t like we looked at each other and said ‘Hey, it’s still there……the magic’. It was just like normal. After 20 minutes we went shopping" 1996 

"It shook us all up. We stood in disbelief, I think that was the beginning. Richey was always very straight and normal through school and university. He was no-one you’d point a finger at and say ‘he’s strange’." 1996 (On the 4REAL incident) 

"I’m trying not to drink. You can’t play the kind of shows we do if you’re permanently hungover" 1996 

"Our first three albums were a build up to this one (Everything Must Go). They’re all flawed mind, occasionally naive records, but they were very important. The Holy Bible was very dark, something we knew from the moment we started working on it was that it wasn’t going to be played at parties. But without Richey, we’ve become more optimistic on record, more positive. Having said that, I think some of the drama has gone now that he’s not around." 1996 

"The only people who are disturbed by Richey cutting himself are those who don’t know him. They don’t understand him…….We do know him, we do understand." 1994 

"I find it very sad that a girl in a swimming costume is all that’s required to turn some men on" 1994 
 

"I had some fun a couple of days ago. That’s my lot for a while." 1994 

"30 is a very desperate age; rock music is being done by people in their 30s for teenagers. You get to 30 and look back and realise you’ve achieved nothing , you are nothing and you’ve got nothing coming up" 1991 
  

Quotes About Sean 
"Sean worked at the civil service. He funded us, basically…..he’s more dedicated than any of us" Richey 1991 

"Nicky and Sean are the true spirit of the Manics, whereas Richey and I are tending to lose the plot a bit" James 1994 

"I remember Sean used to feel a bit awkward with the glam look as well. The camaflage look he didn’t mind, ‘cos he would buy a lot of it. We’d get a pin-on badge and Sean would come in with a £180 Russian medal" Nicky 1997 

"Those who speak do not know, and those who know do not speak" - CARLOS CASTENDA, QUOTED BY RICHEY EDWARDS WITH REFRENCE TO SEAN MOORE