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

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

There is always that one band that comes along when you are 14 or 15 years old that manages to hit you in just the right way and changes your whole perception of things.

I saw that something changed in terms of the way I approach writing. I don't know. Before, everything was just sort of pieced together; and more and more nowadays I'll have complete songs - chords, lyrics, a melody - and we'll apply to those songs what we feel is required. That has happened much more on Humbug album than on any of the others.

Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, "Yeah, songwritin' man," looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off.

A lot of peopletell me I'm a bit dreamy, but I like the idea of that. Of being somewhere else.

Sometimes writing songs is like waiting for deliveries.