Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.

Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way.

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.

Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it!