I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

I wasn't put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs.

I'm against people downloading music.

Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?

I'm a massive fan of the Stones, and I don't think anybody should deny them the right to carry on making music. I just wish they wouldn't wear leggings.

I remember the 70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and Manchester, and you know the bin-workers' strike, all wrapped up in it... They were violent times. Violence at home and violence at football matches.

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another.