Sometimes writing songs is like waiting for deliveries.

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

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

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

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

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.