I find it hard to express myself when writing from the f - - - heart or the a - , or wherever. It's just like anything, it's (easier) when you get used to it, but I've not done it. I was just a singer in a band.

I'm not looking for guidance.

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.

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

Being a lad is what I'm about. I can tell you who isn't a lad - anyone from Blur.

My favorite album would have to be something from The Beatles.

I was walking along and this chair came flying past me, and another, and another, and I thought, man, is this gonna be a good night.