You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah...fair enough...gotta go home now.'

The thing about Manchester is...it all comes from here

I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, 'You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.'

It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records.

You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'll be told they're not.

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.