Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.

You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.

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

My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.

Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.

Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting.

I sold my soul for the second time, cause' the man don't pay me.