I've always known I'm incredibly special. All my life. You know? It's not a big deal.

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics

It's important that Oasis are rude about everybody and that they get drunk...Fair enough. It's nice, isn't it? But it's nothing to do with me. They came to see us in Manchester and they were very pleasant boys. Very nice. I'd like to see that as a quote. Oasis are very nice boys.

If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge.

What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend your whole life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much.