I've either got an acute case of hypochondria or I'm falling apart at the age of twenty-three.

Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

As an artist, one doesn't know what is real. And so there's a search and a process of trying to locate something that feels or appears or somehow resonates with us on a deeper level. This is why art is such an interesting business to be in.

I think in life everyone needs to be broken in some way.

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.

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

I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and you are always actually embarrassed about being successful.