Anyone can play an instrument if you show them how to move their limbs, lips or fingers the right way. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is personality, energy, creativity and disturbing sense of humour.

You're letting such a fragile side of yourself out when you're creating or writing music. To do that with people who are almost strangers would seem very strange to me. I think that we're very lucky that we're quite close. To us, it's almost like the band is the grandest possible adventure you can go on with your friends. It's really really exciting.

If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.