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

My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant.

Rock 'n' roll is about music. Music. Music. Music. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about Oasis. It's about the tunes.

I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent.