A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning. So it's been good to be involved completely musically as well.

Waking up with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.

Our parents were musicians.

There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.

We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.

In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.

I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing.