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 don't live to work; I work to live.

Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?

I've got my own style on the guitar, sure, and I play rhythm in a certain way, and I use certain inflections. People have said that to me, and I understand it.

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

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

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.