My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.

We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing.

I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front door. You might find it hard to believe, but I am bone-idle lazy.

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.

It's not about being upset about the things you might have said or done yesterday, which is quite appropriate at the moment. It's about looking forward rather than looking back. I hate people who look back on the past or talk about what might have been.

The thing about Manchester is...it all comes from here

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