That's what you join a band for, is to make music. Not to sit around and have five years off. We're not getting any younger.

I'm not going around touring the U.S. when I've got nowhere to live.

I'm not like John Lennon, who thought he was the great Almighty. I just think I'm John Lennon.

Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it. I'm 24 years old, I've got a load a money, what am I gonna do, sit at home and twiddle me thumbs? No. I'm gonna go out and 'ave it.

Being a lad is what I'm about.

I live for now, not for what happens after I die.

I didn't always want to be a dad.