For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living in a modern capitalist society. It's not so much evidence of a meritocracy, as evidence of healthy nepotism. Nepotism is at the core of a good group dynamic. A good group dynamic is at the core of rock'n'roll.

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

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

I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.

There's a character that I play onstage, and I can't let him loose in the supermarket when I'm buying my beans on toast.

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.