I was going through a break up. I was depressed... I really did need to do something. Recording an album was a great escape. I don't know what would have happened if I wouldn't have started to work.

Yeah. You've seen The Sun today; I've got myself a big house, settled down. Apart from the odd night out with the New Fathers' Club, I'm a family man now.

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.

In the Sixties people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, people take Prozac to make it normal.

There's always been a hip-hop element to my trousers.

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