I've always been into guitars. We want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John.

I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me.

I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn't exist that you're going to create on a Thursday that's going to change somebody's life, possibly, you're creating that from nothing.

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.

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

As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.

If I had a gun, I'd shoot a hole into the sun and love would burn this city down for you.