Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.

I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start looking at life in a different way.

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.

A song can't be completely serious if you rhyme melodic with alcoholic.

I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together.