Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it.

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

I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working.

Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer.

Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing.

It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing guitar and writing words