I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have been so brilliant before you were in a band.'

I'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible.

I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realized they were amazing. They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another.

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.

When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different.