The Beatles were huge for me, ... I used to jump around the room to the red album, the one with all the early hits on it. It made you feel euphoric. It was a sensation I couldn't get from anything else, whether it was playing football, swimming or even seeing 'Star Wars.'

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

It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.

Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert socially. But I'm not always comfortable with the idea of small talk at a party.

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.

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

Why play a chord when you can play one note?