Take the time to make some sense for what you wanna say, And cast your words away upon the waves. Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today, And as they land upon the shore, Tell them not to fear no more. I'm not saying right is wrong, It's up to us to make the best of all the things that come our way. Cos' everything that's been has past, The answers in the looking glass. There's four and twenty million doors On life's endless corridor, So say it loud and sing it proud today.

Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.

The scumbags are taking over the streets. I don't know what David Cameron and Gordon Brown are going to do about it. It all goes back to the Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher) years. It sounds like a cliché but that's when the rot set in.

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

When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.

When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different.

I don't like being on television when I'm playing live. I don't even like being on Jools Holland or any of them programs.