I need them, need them to give me a kick up the arse. Otherwise I'd just be sat-in getting fat, counting me money. It's good people living on your doorstep and looking through your bins. Gives you energy.

Yeah, I've mellowed, but not in the sense of liking Radiohead or Coldplay . I don't hate them, I don't wish they had accidents. I think their fans are boring and ugly and don't look like they're having a good time.

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.

I don't know what any of my tunes are about, they're just out there. I'm not good with words. I just say the first thing that comes into my head

I find words really hard.

I've got to be by trees, otherwise I get claustrophobic.

I need them, need them to give me a kick up the arse. Otherwise I'd just be sat-in getting fat, counting me money. It's good people living on your doorstep and looking through your bins. Gives you energy.