I've come to recognize songwriting as something that I do, and I want to be good at that. At that craft, if you like. I want to practice it.

I just wanted to do something that would freak people out. That's the best thing to do.

I still miss the days when a haircut was just a haircut. It was only your mates you had to face. Now there's a whole industry centred around people analysing your 'look'. I just cannot understand how anyone could get so worked up by... hair.

That rock ‘n’roll, eh? That rock’n’roll, it just won’t go away. It might hibernate from time to time, sink back into the swamp. I think the cyclical nature of the universe in which it exists demands that acquiesce to some of its rules. But it’s always waiting there, just around the corner,” he added. “Ready to make its way back through the sludge and smash through the glass ceiling, looking better than ever. Yeah, that rock’n’roll, it seems like it’s faded away sometimes, but it will never die. And there’s nothing you can do about it.

I think each thing in a way acts as a stepping - stone for whatever the next thing is.

You can't worry what people think.

There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain.