My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant.

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

No matter how much you sit there twiddling, going, 'We're all doomed', at the end of the day people will always want to hear you play Creep. Get over it.

I like being famous. It can be a bit of a pain but you get free food in restaurants and people send you clothes.

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy.

Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.

Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?