I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.

I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.'

It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.

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

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.