I'm going to name drop like an idiot now, but Bono rang me up once, right? I don't know how he got my number, but I, ever so stupidly, and obviously thought it was one of my mates mocking about. So I was like, "Yeah, whatever." And it was him, but I even went to him, "That's not even a good Irish accent!"

People said, ‘You must be mad, or on drugs,’ which I found a bit disappointing. What about imagination? It reflects our time that people sooner assume you’re on drugs or mad, rather than free.

It's very difficult once you've been on telly because people know what you do. They give you a little bit of grace but then they're harsher if you're not funny, so you have to be funny.

Science teachers and the mentally ill, that's all Jazz is for.

When I was a really young child, I felt like I could see fairies. I was convinced there were fairies in my grandmother's garden.

Reality depresses me. I need to find fantasy worlds and escape in them.

I did work in a bakery for one day. But the boss went off and when he came back I was lying on the floor eating cakes.