Everyone from the pope to some hobo thinks, "I'm a human being. What am I doing here?" You can't get carried away with fame and fortune and all that. It's all nonsense. The whole pop-star side of it is all fun and good, but you don't get anywhere without putting in the hours. I get so fulfilled when we play a song live that we spent hours working on. It's all cool. Fame is something to have fun with, but you shouldn't take it too seriously because it is bollocks.

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

Rihanna is mysterious and fascinating

I don't drink, I don't take drugs, I don't smoke.

I think when you're as talented as me or you, you don't need to have an ego. On a serious note, the people I most admire in the world in my field have never shown that much ego to me.

I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay.

You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.