The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all the torture of writing.

Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.

The best way to catch a horse is to build a fence around it.

As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.

Yes, I always say that were a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone.

Simplicity can intensify the emotion.

Normal is a cycle on a washing machine.