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

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

Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is.

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

You can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has passed. You have to be aiming for something that's original - that's the only way you can have any kind of impact.

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

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