We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty.

I have to be myself, I can't be no one else.

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.

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.

None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none of us done anything. We were the last great band to come out of nowhere, on an indie label. We've sold 50 million records. That's still the benchmark. Until someone does what we've done, I'll always consider myself the last big songwriter