I like Chris Martin. I think he's a really great songwriter.

I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys' things, spies and the Cold War.

We like annoying people. It's a Manchester thing. It's a trait. We just like pissing people off.

Progression is going forwards. Going backwards is regression. Going sideways is just gression.

Look. I was a superhero in the '90s. I said so at the time. McCartney, Weller, Townshend, Richards, my first album's better than all their first albums. Even they'd admit that.

I don't have the genetic make-up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

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