Next year I hope to get a stalker or two because I don't believe you've arrived until you get a stalker.

None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none of us done anything. We were the last great band to come out of nowhere, on an indie label. We've sold 50 million records. That's still the benchmark. Until someone does what we've done, I'll always consider myself the last big songwriter

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

I don't like John Terry and I never have. He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby. He's also a Cockney.

I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.

You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

There are periods where you think, "What am I doing?" or "What am I doing it for?"; that's a more scary question. "I've made s---loads of money, I've left my mark in music, why am I still doing this?," and it takes a while to answer that question.