A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

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

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.

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

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 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.