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.

Nothing matters except life and the love you make.

The idea of Ghost Stories is how to turn something bad into something that gives you an uplift.

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

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

I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.

When the lights go down, that's 30,000 peoples lives colliding. Everyone there working is working for that moment, everyone watching is watching for that moment. It's when you're all in agreement about what you're all doing so it's a wonderful feeling of togetherness and possibility.