When you start becoming a pop star, you think, Hold on a second, maybe my life is different now - maybe all these people that I thought of as celebrities are going to be normal, and when I walk into a room I'm going to be really cool and so is everyone else. But that's not what happens at all - I was awkward, and then I just retreated from any social engagement for about a year.

We try to make the sound hold as much relevance as it does on the record you know, we don't try and interpret it in a different way.

We had this realisation that we'd sort of travelled from my bedroom to America and all these people are watching us and that was awesome. 11 shows in 5 days I mean if we weren't going out, we were on stage, it was huge.

I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.

I like the idea of characters without shame, who hold nothing back.

Music drives me insane, the incessant presence of music in my life. It informs how I see the world; it drives me crazy

A band that we supported called Blackfish in Manchester, played the most insane gig I've ever been to. Everything was set on fire, and then they came on and played one of the coolest gigs I've ever seen.