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.

If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

Music should be universal. My life perspective, my lifestyle - I'm not going to impose that on the people that listen to my music. That's kind of a perverse form of snobbery I like to reject.

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

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

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