I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead.

Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.

It was quite nice meeting up because we went through a lot together and we haven't really seen each much other to communicate one to one for quite a long time.

I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer.

I liked Germany; I'm not into Berlin, it's too huge and empty and imposing, but Munich was good.

My hobby is my job. it's a jobby!