I despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is an idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever crossed in my life. Eminem's new song about his kid - isn't it the most ridiculous piece of music you have ever heard in your life? I just don't like the dragging women around on dog leads and all that stuff

I'll do one eventually as life's too short and none of us is getting any younger. I'd like to make one while I still look good and before I look like Phil Collins, which, eventually, I will.

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.

I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed.

The charts are only relevant when you're top of them!

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

Progression is going forwards. Going backwards is regression. Going sideways is just gression.