I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

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

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.

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?

Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism.

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

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.