Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it’s understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don’t have a clue what they’re on about.

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.

I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.

Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

I'd love to write a country album with Adele.